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(B.  A.  I.  Order  273— Revised.) 

United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


REGULATIONS    GOVERNING    THE    INTERSTATE    MOVE- 
MENT OF  LIVE  STOCK. 

Effective  on  and  after  July  i,  1921. 

(Superseding  previous  regulations  on  this  subject,  and -including  Amendment 
1,  effective  March  1,  1922,  and  Amendment  2,  effective  July  23,  1923.) 


CONTENTS. 


Page. 

Regulation  1 — General  provisions 1 

Regulation  2 — To  prevent  the  spread 

of    splenetic,    southern,    or    Texas 

fever   in    cattle 7 

Regulation  3 — To  prevent  the  spread 

of  scabies  in  cattle 15 

Regulation  4 — To  prevent  the  spread 

of  scabies  in   sheep 19 


P»te. 

Regulation  5 — To  prevent  the  spread 

of  dourine  in  horses  and  asses 22 

Regulation  ti — To  prevent  the  spread 

of  hog  cholera  and  swine  plague-         23 

Regulation  7 — To  prevent  the  spread 

of  tuberculosis  in  cattle 25 

Acts  of  Congress 30 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary, 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  6, 1921. 
Under  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
by  the  provisions  of  the  acts  of  Congress  approved  May  29,  1884 
(23  Stat.,  31),  as  amended  by  the  act  approved  May  31,  1920  (41 
Stat.,  694,  699),  February  2,  1903  (32  Stat.,  791),  and  March  3,  1905 
(33  Stat.,  1264),  as  amended  by  the  act  approved  March  4,  1913 
(37  Stat.,  828,  831),  the  following  regulations  are  hereby  prescribed 
for  the  inspection,  disinfection,  certification,  treatment,  handling, 
and  method  and  manner  of  delivery  and  shipment  of  live  stock  which 
is  the  subject  of  interstate  commerce.  For  purposes  of  identification 
these  regulations  are  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order  273.  The  regula- 
tions heretofore  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  on  this  sub- 
ject, under  date  of  May  15,  1919,  effective  on  and  after  July  1,  1919 
(B.  A.  I.  Order  263)?  and  all  amendments  thereto  are  hereby  re- 
voked, to  take  effect  on  July  1,  1921,  on  and  after  which  date  the 
regulations  herein  prescribed  shall  become  and  be  effective  until 
otherwise  ordered. 

Henry  C.  Wallace, 

Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

REGULATION  1.— GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

DEFINITIONS. 

Section  1.  For  the  purposes  of  these  regulations  the  following 
words,  phrases,  names,  and  terms  shall  be  construed,  respectively,  to 
mean — 

Paragraph  1.  Department:  The  United  States  Department  of  Agri- 
culture. 

68003—23 1 


2 

Paragraph  2.  Bureau:  The  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  of  the 
United  States  Department  of  Agriculture. 

Paragraph  3.  Bureau  inspector :  An  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Ani- 
mal Industry. 

Paragraph  4.  Interstate :  From  one  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  to  another  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

Paragraph  5.  Southern  cattle:  Cattle  of  the  area  or  areas  quaran- 
tined for  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever  in  cattle  (except  those 
which  have  been  duly  certified  by  a  bureau  inspector  as  free  of  the 
disease  and  infection  of  the  disease),  cattle  infested  with  the  tick 
Margaropus  annulatus,  cattle  loaded  from  "  quarantine  yards  "  or 
"  quarantine  pens,"  cattle  loaded  into  a  car,  compartment  of  a  boat  or 
other  vehicle  which  has  not,  since  southern  cattle  were  last  loaded 
thereinto  or  transported  therein,  been  disinfected  as  required  by 
sections  4,  5,  and  6  of  this  regulation  and  section  11  of  Regulation  2 
of  this  order,  and  cattle  which  have  been  moved  from  a  quarantined 
area  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  the  free 
area  of  the  same,  or  any  other  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia without  being  certified  by  a  bureau  inspector  as  free  of  the 
infection  of  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever. 

Paragraph  6.  Quarantined  area:  The  States,  Territories,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  or  portions  thereof  quarantined  by  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  for  the  specific  contagious,  infectious,  or  commu- 
nicable animal  disease  mentioned  in  each  regulation. 

Paragraph  7.  Free  area :  The  States,  Territories,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  or  portions  thereof  not  quarantined  by  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  for  the  specific  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable 
animal  disease  mentioned  in  each  regulation. 

Paragraph  8.  Stockers  and  feeders:  Animals  intended  for  stock  or 
feeding  purposes. 

Paragraph  9.  Public  stockyards:  Stockyards  where  trading  in  live 
stock  is  carried  on;  where  yarding,  feeding,  and  watering  facilities 
are  provided  by  the  stockyards,  transportation,  or  similar  company, 
and  where  Federal  inspection  is  maintained  for  the  inspection  of  live 
stock  for  communicable  diseases. 

Paragraph  10.  Recognized  slaughtering  center:  Any  point  where 
slaughtering  facilities,  holding  pens,  and  chutes  are  provided,  and  to 
which  animals  are  shipped  for  immediate  slaughter. 

Paragraph  11.  Accredited  herd:  One  officially  declared  by  the  bu- 
reau and  the  State  as  free  from  tuberculosis  and  for  which  a  certifi- 
cate has  been  issued  evidencing  that  fact. 

RULE  GOVERNING  QUARANTINE   OF  DISEASED   LIVE  STOCK. 

Section  2.  When  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  determine  the 
fact  that  cattle  or  other  live  stock  in  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  are  affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  com- 
municable disease  for  which,  in  his  opinion,  a  quarantine  should  be 
established,  notice  will  be  given  of  that  fact.  A  rule  will  be  issued 
placing  in  quarantine  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, or  any  portion  thereof,  in  which  the  disease  exists;  and  this  rule 
will  either  absolutely  forbid  the  interstate  movement  of  live  stock 
from  the  quarantined  area  or  will  indicate  the  regulations  under 
which  interstate  movements  may  be  made. 


OWNERS  AND  OTHERS  TO   EXERCISE   CARE  IN   OFFERING  ANIMALS  FOR 
TRANSPORTATION. 

Section  3.  Animals  affected  with  scabies,  tuberculosis,  hog  cholera 
or  swine  plague,  dourine,  glanders,  lip-and-leg  ulceration,  anthrax, 
splenetic  fever,  or  other  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable 
disease  shall  not  be  shipped  or  transported  interstate:  Provided, 
however,  That  southern  cattle  may  be  shipped  interstate  for  immedi- 
ate slaughter  in  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  section  1  of 
Regulation  2 :  And  provided  further,  That  cattle  which  have  reacted 
to  the  tuberculin  test  may  be  shipped  interstate  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  sections  3  and  4  of  Regulation  7.  Before  offering 
cattle  or  other  live  stock  for  interstate  transportation,  transporting 
them  interstate,  or  introducing  them  into  any  stockyards  or  upon 
routes  of  traffic  for  interstate  transportation,  all  persons  or  corpora- 
tions are  required  to  exercise  reasonable  diligence  to  ascertain  that 
such  animals  are  not  affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  com- 
municable disease,  and  have  not  been  exposed  to  the  contagion  or  in- 
fection of  disease  by  contact  with  other  animals  so  diseased  or  by 
location  in  pens,  cars,  or  other  vehicles,  or  upon  premises  that  have 
contained  diseased  animals. 

DISINFECTION  OF  CARS,  BOATS,  OTHER  VEHICLES,  YARDS,  AND  PREMISES. 

Section  4.  Paragraph  1.  Cars,  boats,  and  other  vehicles  which  have 
been  used  in  interstate  transportation  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  other 
animals  affected  with,  or  carrying  the  infection  of,  any  contagious, 
infectious,  or  communicable  disease  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected 
under  bureau  supervision  in  accordance  with  these  regulations,  and 
the  final  carrier  shall  be  responsible  for  such  cleaning  and  disin- 
fection. If  a  car  in  which  diseased  animals  have  been  moved  inter- 
state is  removed  from  destination  or  unloading  point  without  being 
cleaned  and  disinfected  in  accordance  with  these  regulations,  the 
final  carrier  shall,  upon  receiving  notice  from  a  bureau  inspector 
that  such  car  has  contained  diseased  animals  or  animals  carrying  the 
infection  of  disease,  locate  said  car  on  its  own  or  other  lines,  and 
have  the  same  moved  to  a  point  where  bureau  inspection  is  main- 
tained and  proper  facilities  are  provided  for  cleaning  and  disinfect- 
ing cars,  and  have  such  car  cleaned  and  disinfected  under  bureau 
supervision.  Such  final  carrier  shall  keep  the  bureau  informed  as 
to  the  location  of  said  car  until  the  same  has  been  so  cleaned  and 
disinfected:  Provided,  That  if  said  final  carrier  is  what  is  known 
as  a  terminal  railroad,  and  said  car  or  cars  shall  have  been  delivered 
by  such  final  carrier  to  the  railroad  from  which  it  received  said  car  or 
cars,  such  final  carrier  shall,  upon  receiving  notice  from  a  bureau  in- 
spector that  such  car  has  contained  diseased  animals,  inform  the 
bureau  of  the  name  of  the  railroad  to  which  such  car  was  delivered 
and  said  last-mentioned  railroad  shall,  upon  receiving  notice  from  a 
bureau  inspector  that  such  car  has  contained  diseased  animals,  locate 
said  car  on  its  own  or  other  lines  and  have  the  same  moved  to  a  point 
where  bureau  inspection  is  maintained  and  proper  facilities  are 
provided  for  cleaning  and  disinfecting  cars,  and  have  such  car 
cleaned  and  disinfected  under  bureau  supervision.  Such  last-men- 
tioned railroad  shall  keep  the  bureau  informed  as  to  the  location  of 
said  car  until  the  same  has  been  so  cleaned  and  disinfected. 


Paragraph  2.  Except  as  hereinafter  provided  in  these  regulations, 
cars,  boats,  and  other  vehicles  that  have  contained  cattle,  sheep, 
swine,  or  other  live  stock  affected  with,  or  carrying  the  infection  of, 
any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease  shall  not  be 
moved  interstate  for  any  purpose  until  the  said  cars,  boats,  or  other 
vehicles  shall  have  been  thoroughly  cleaned  and  disinfected  under 
bureau  supervision  in  accordance  with  sections  5  and  6  of  this 
regulation. 

Paragraph  3.  Transportation  companies  which  have  received  cars 
that  have  contained  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  other  animals  affected 
with,  or  carrying  the  infection  of,  a  contagious,  infectious,  or  com- 
municable disease,  and  which  cars  have  been  moved  interstate  from 
the  point  at  which  such  animals  were  last  unloaded  therefrom  with- 
out being  cleaned  and  disinfected  in  accordance  with  these  regula- 
tions shall  furnish  to  the  bureau,  when  requested,  the  complete  car- 
movement  record  of  such  cars. 

Paragraph  4-  Yards  and  premises  which  have  contained  interstate 
shipments  of  southern  cattle  or  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  other  ani- 
mals affected  with,  or  carrying  the  infection  of,  any  contagious,  in- 
fectious, or  communicable  disease  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected 
under  the  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee  or  an  authorized  State 
employee,  in  accordance  with  sections  5  and  6  of  this  regulation; 
and  no  yards  or  premises  which  have  contained  diseased  live  stock 
or  live  stock  carrying  the  infection  of  disease,  or  southern  cattle, 
shall  be  used  in  connection  with  the  movement  interstate  of  healthy 
animals  until  the  said  yards  and  premises  have  been  so  cleaned  and 
disinfected. 

Paragraph  5.  Cars  or  boats  required  by  these  regulations  to  be 
cleaned  and  disinfected  shall  be  treated  in  the  manner  specified  in 
sections  5  and  6  of  this  regulation  under  bureau  supervision  by  the 
final  carrier  at  destination  as  soon  as  possible  after  unloading  and 
before  the  same  are  moved  from  such  final  destination  for  any  pur- 
pose except  as  otherwise  hereinafter  provided.  When  the  animals  are 
destined  to  points  at  which  bureau  inspection  and  proper  facilities 
are  maintained,  the  cars  or  boats  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  at 
such  points;  but  when  the  animals  are  destined  to  points  at  which 
bureau  inspection  is  maintained  but  at  which  proper  facilities  can  not 
be  provided,  the  transportation  company  may,  upon  permission  first 
secured  from  the  bureau,  seal,  bill,  and  forward  the  cars  to  a  point 
at  which  bureau  inspection  is  maintained  and  proper  facilities  are 
provided  and  there  clean  and  disinfect  the  said  cars  under  bureau 
supervision. 

Paragraph  6.  No  transportation  company  which  receives  notice 
from  the  bureau  that  a  car  has  contained  diseased  animals  or  southern 
cattle  since  last  cleaned  and  disinfected  shall  thereafter  move  the 
said  car  in  interstate  commerce  until  it  has  been  cleaned  and  dis- 
infected under  bureau  supervision  in  accordance  with  sections  5  and 


6  of  this  regulation. 


METHOD   OF  DISINFECTION. 


Section  5.  Paragraph  1.  Cars  required  by  these  regulations  to  be 
cleaned  and  disinfected  shall  be  treated  in  the  following  manner: 
Remove  all  litter  and  manure  from  all  portions  of  the  cars,  including 


all  the  ledges  and  framework  outside ;  clean  the  exterior  and  interior 
of  the  cars;  and  saturate  the  entire  interior  surface,  including  the 
inner  surfaces  of  the  car  doors,  with  a  permitted  disinfectant. 

Paragraph  2.  Boats  required  by  these'  regulations  to  be  cleaned 
and  disinfected  shall  be  treated  in  the  following  manner:  Remove 
all  litter  and  manure  from  the  decks,  stalls,  and  all  other  parts  of 
the  boat  occupied  or  traversed  by  the  diseased  animals  and  from 
the  portable  chutes  or  other  appliances  or  fixtures  used  in  loading 
and  unloading  same  and  saturate  with  a  permitted  disinfectant  the 
entire  surface  of  the  deck,  stalls,  or  other  parts  of  the  boat  occupied 
or  traversed  by  such  animals  or  with  which  they  may  have  come  in 
contact  or  which  have  contained  litter  or  manure. 

Paragraph  3.  Yards,  pens,  chutes,  and  -alleys  required  by  these 
regulations  to  be  disinfected  shall  be  treated  in  the  following  man- 
ner: Empty  all  troughs,  racks,  or  other  feeding  or  watering  facili- 
ties; remove  all  litter  and  manure  from  the  floors,  posts,  or  other 
parts :  and  saturate  the  entire  surface  of  the  fencing,  troughs,  chutes, 
floors,  walls,  and  other  parts  with  a  permitted  disinfectant. 

PERMITTED  DISINFECTANTS. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1.  The  substances  permitted  for  use  in  dis- 
infecting cars,  boats,  other  vehicles,  and  premises  are  as  follows : 

(a)  "  Saponified  cresol  solution  "  at  a  dilution  of  at  least  4  fluid 
ounces  to  1  gallon  of  water. 

(6)  Liquified  phenol  (liquified  carbolic  acid)  at  a  dilution  of  at 
least  6  fluid  ounces  to  1  gallon  of  water. 

(c)  Chlorid  of  lime  (U.  S.  P.  strength,  30  per  cent  available 
chlorin)  at  a  dilution  of  1  pound  to  3  gallons  of  water. 

Paragraph  2.  The  use  of  "  saponified  cresol  solution  "  as  a  disin- 
fectant is  permitted,  provided  that  such  "  saponified  cresol  solution  " 
shall  conform  to  the  following  requirements: 

1.  The  formula  of  the  product  shall  employ  not  less  than  28  per 
cent  by  weight  of  linseed  oil  or  soy-bean  oil  or  mixtures  thereof,  or 
the  chemically  equivalent  proportion  of  the  fatty  acids  derived  from 
either  or  both  of  these  oils.  Either  caustic  potash,  caustic  soda,  or 
a  mixture  of  caustic  potash  and  caustic  soda  may  be  used  to  form 
the  soap.  The  cresol  used  must  be  at  least  95  per  cent  pure,  and 
enough  of  this  commercial  grade  of  cresol  (cresylic  acid)  must  be 
employed  in  compounding  the  disinfectant  to  bring  the  actual 
amount  of  cresol  in  the  finished  product  up  to  50  per  cent. 

2.  The  product  shall  remain  a  homogeneous  liquid  when  cooled 
to  32°  F.  It  shall  contain  substantially  no  free  oil,  fatty  acid,  or 
excess  alkali.  It  shall  be  readily  soluble  in  cold  distilled  water;  the 
solution  shall  be  practically  clear  and  shall  contain  no  globules  of 
undissolved  oil  or  cresylic  acid. 

3.  Manufacturers  wishing  to  offer  saponified  cresol  solution  as 
indicated  above  for  use  in  official  disinfectant  must  first  submit  a 
sample  of  at  least  8  ounces  for  examination,  together  with  a  state- 
ment of  the  formula  employed  and  a  guaranty  that  the  product  will 
be  maintained  of  a  quality  uniform  with  the  sample  submitted. 

4.  To  prevent  confusion,  each  product  must  bear  a  distinctive  trade 
name  or  brand,  together  with  the  name  of  the  manufacturer  or  dis- 


tributor.1  There  shall  be  no  mention  of  the  United  States  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  or  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  on  the  labels, 
containers,  or  printed  matter  accompanying  products  permitted  to 
be  used  in  official  disinfection.  The  permitted  saponified  cresol 
solution  shall  be  used  at  a  dilution  of  at  least  4  ounces  of  the  solu- 
tion to  1  gallon  of  water. 

INSPECTION  OF   SHIPMENTS   IN  TRANSIT. 

Section  7.  All  persons  and  corporations  having  control  of  the  in- 
terstate transportation  of  live  stock  shall,  when  directed  by  a  bureau 
inspector  so  to  do.  stop  the  same  in  transit  for  inspection,  and  if  any 
of  such  animals  are  found  upon  such  inspection  to  be  infected  with 
any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease  or  to  have  been 
exposed  to  such  infection,  the  person  or  corporation  having  control 
of  the  transportation  of  such  animals  shall,  upon  receipt  of  an  order 
from  a  bureau  inspector  so  to  do,  cease  the  carriage,  transportation, 
or  moving  of  such  animals  unless  such  carriage,  transportation,  or 
moving  can  be  accomplished  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  gov- 
erning the  interstate  movement  of  animals  infected  with  or  which 
have  been  exposed  to  the  infection  of  such  disease,  and  in  all  cases 
after  the  discovery  of  such  infection  or  exposure  thereto  such  animals 
shall  be  handled  in  accordance  with  such  regulations. 

SLAUGHTER  OF  ANIMALS  TO  PREVENT  SPREAD  OF  DISEASE. 

Section  8.  When,  in  order  to  prevent  the  spread  of  any  conta- 
gious, infectious,  or  communicable  disease,  it  becomes  necessary  to 
slaughter  any  diseased  or  exposed  live  stock,  and  the  purchase  of  such 
live  stock  by  the  United  States  is  authorized  by  law  and  an  appro- 
priation is  available  therefor,  the  value  of  the  live  stock  shall  be  as- 
certained and  compensation  made  therefor  in  accordance  with  the  or- 
ders or  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

MOVEMENT  FROM  QUARANTINED  TO  FREE  AREA  AND  SHIPMENT  THEREFROM. 

Section  9.  No  live  stock  shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  driven,  or 
hauled  in  private  conveyance  from  the  quarantined  area  in  any  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  the  free  area  in  the  same 
State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  and  subsequently  de- 
livered to  a  transportation  company  for  shipment  to  any  other  State. 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  without  complying  with  all 
Federal  and  State  regulations  pertaining  to  such  movements. 

INSPECTION  AND  CERTIFICATION  OF  ANIMALS  FOR  INTERSTATE  MOVEMENT. 

Section  10.  Paragraph  1.  When  animals  are  inspected  and  certi- 
fied by  a  bureau  inspector,  proper  facilities  for  restraining  them  and 
assistance  shall  be  provided  in  order  that  a  careful  inspection  may 
be  made,  and  the  inspector  while  making  the  inspection  shall  not 
be  interfered  with  in  any  manner;  otherwise  inspection  will  be  im- 
mediately discontinued. 

1  Employees  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  will  be  informed  in  Service  and  Regu- 
latory Announcements  or  otherwise  of  the  trade  names  of  saponified  cresol  solution 
permitted  to  he  used  in  official  disinfection. 


Paragraph  2.  Whenever  inspection  or  treatment  and  the  issuance 
of  a  certificate,  statement,  test  chart,  or  other  writing  showing  the 
performance  of  such  inspection  or  treatment  and  the  result  thereof, 
is  required  by  any  of  these  regulations  as  a  condition  precedent  to 
the  movement  interstate  of  any  animal  or  class  of  animals,  or  any 
animal  or  class  of  animals  is  so  required  to  be  accompanied  in  inter- 
state movement  by  such  certificate,  statement,  test  chart,  or  other 
writing,  no  such  animal  or  animals  shall  be  moved  interstate  unless 
and  until  the  following  requirements  are  also  complied  with: 

(a)  In  the  case  of  such  movement  by  a  common  carrier  issuing 
waybills  or  other  form  or  forms  of  billing  covering  the  movement, 
the  said  certificate,  statement,  test  chart,  or  other  writing  shall  be 
delivered  to  such  carrier  at  the  time  the  animal  or  animals  are  de- 
livered for  shipment,  and  shall  become  the  property  of  the  carrier, 
and  be  by  such  carrier  attached  to  the  billing  covering  the  transporta- 
tion of  such  animal  or  animals,  and  accompany  such  billing  to  desti- 
nation, and  be  filed  with  such  billing  for  future  reference. 

(b)  In  case  of  such  movement  otherwise  than  by  common  carrier 
issuing  waybills  or  other  form  or  forms  of  billing,  the  said  certifi- 
cate, statement,  test  chart,  or  other  writing  shall  accompany  the 
animal  or  animals  to  destination  and  be  delivered  to  the  consignee, 
or,  in  case  the  consignor  and  consignee  is  the  same  person,  to  the 
first  purchaser  purchasing  during  or  after  such  movement  in  inter- 
state commerce,  or  to  the  person  to  whom  the  animal  or  animals  are 
delivered. 

INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT    OF    DEAD   ANIMALS    PROHIBITED. 

Section  11.  No  dead  animal  shall  be  transported,  offered,  or  ac- 
cepted for  transportation  in  the  same  car  with  live  animals  from  the 
original  point  of  shipment  in  any  State  or  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  to  or  through  any  other  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia. 

REGULATION    2.— TO    PREVENT    THE    SPREAD     OF    SPLENETIC, 
SOUTHERN,  OR  TEXAS  FEVER  IN  CATTLE.2 

INTERSTATE   SHIPMENTS   OF   CATTLE   FOR   IMMEDIATE    SLAUGHTER. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  Interstate  shipments  of  cattle  from  points 
in  the  quarantined  area  may  be  made  at  any  time  by  rail  or  boat  for 
immediate  slaughter:  Provided,  That  the  proper  official  of  the 
State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  which  the  shipment 
is  destined  has  granted  permission  for  the  acceptance  and  handling 
of  southern  cattle :  And  provided  further,  That  in  their  movement 
the  provisions  contained  in  sections  1,  2  and  11,  hereinafter  set  out 
in  this  regulation,  are  strictly  observed  and  complied  with. 

Paragraph  2.  The  transportation  companies  shall  securely  affix  to 
and  maintain  upon  both  sides  of  all  cars  carrying  interstate  ship- 
ments of  southern  cattle  durable  placards  not  less  than  5J  by  8  inches 
in  size,  on  which  shall  be  printed  with  permanent  black  ink  and  in 

2  A  "  rule  to  prevent  the  spread  of  splenetic  fever  in  cattle  "  is  in  effect  throughout 
the  entire  year.  This  rule  prescribes  the  quarantined  area  in  the  respective  States,  and 
should  be  considered  in  connection  with  these  regulations.  Copies  of  the  rule  may  be 
obtained  from  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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boldfaced  letters,  not  less  than  1J  inches  in  height,  the  words 
"SOUTHERN  CATTLE."  These  placards  shall  also  show  the  name 
of  the  place  from  which  the  shipment  was  made,  the  date  of  the 
shipment  (which  must  correspond  to  the  date  of  the  waybills  and 
other  papers),  the  name  of  the  transportation  company,  and  the 
name  of  the  place  of  destination.  The  carrier  issuing  the  waybills, 
conductors'  manifest,  memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading  pertaining  to 
such  shipments  shall  plainly  write  or  stamp  upon  the  face  of  each 
such  paper  the  words  "SOUTHERN  CATTLE."  If  for  any  reason 
the  placards  required  by  this  regulation  have  not  been  affixed  to  the 
car  as  aforesaid,  or  the  placards  have  been  removed,  destroyed,  or  ren- 
dered illegible,  or  the  cattle  are  rebilled  or  are  transferred  to  other 
cars  or  boats,  the  placards  shall  be  immediately  affixed  or  replaced 
by  the  carrier  and  the  new  waybills  shall  be  marked  as  aforesaid  by 
the  carrier  issuing  them,  the  intention  being  that  the  billing  accom- 
panying the  shipment  shall  be  marked  and  the  car  placarded 
"SOUTHERN  CATTLE"  from  the  time  such  shipments  leave  the 
initial  shipping  points  until  they  are  unloaded  at  destination  and  the 
cars  or  boats  are  cleaned  and  disinfected  as  required  by  section  11  of 
this  regulation. 

Paragraph  3.  No  cattle,  other  than  southern  cattle,  shall  be  placed 
in  any  car  or  boat  containing  an  interstate  shipment  of  southern 
cattle ;  no  cattle,  other  than  southern  cattle,  shall  be  placed  for  inter- 
state transportation  in  any  car  or  boat  containing  southern  cattle; 
and  no  interstate  shipment  of  southern  cattle  shall  be  made  to  any 
point  in  the  free  area  unless  proper  facilities  have  been  provided  at 
such  point  for  unloading  such  cattle  directly  into  pens  specifically 
provided  and  reserved  for  such  cattle. 

Paragraph  Jf.  If,  for  any  reason,  such  as  unavoidable  delays  or 
wrecks,  it  is  necessary  to  unload  southern  cattle  which  are  being 
transported  interstate  as  "SOUTHERN  CATTLE,"  into  pens  or 
yards  which  have  not  been  specially  provided  and  reserved  for  that 
purpose,  as  hereinafter  indicated,  or  to  transfer  the  cattle  to  another 
car,  the  car  from  which  the  transfer  is  made  and  the  premises  shall 
be  disinfected  as  provided  by  section  11  of  this  regulation,  and  the 
transportation  company  shall  immediately  report  the  transaction, 
by  telegraph,  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  "Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  Such  report  shall  include  the  information  indicated 
below : 

(a)  Nature  of  emergency. 

(b)  Place  where  the  cattle  were  unloaded. 

(c)  Original  points  of  shipment  and  destination. 

(d)  Number  and  initials  of  the  original  car:  also  number  and 
initials  of  the  car  into  which  the  cattle  are  reloaded  in  case  the 
original  car  is  not  used. 

Paragraph  5.  The  regulations  relating  to  the  movement  of  cattle 
of  the  quarantined  area  and  other  southern  cattle  as  prescribed  by  the 
proper  officers  of  the  State  of  destination  shall  be  carefully  observed. 

Section  2.  Southern  cattle  received  at  destination  outside  of  the 
quarantined  area,  or  which  in  course  of  interstate  transportation  are 
unloaded  at  a  point  not  within  the  quarantined  area  to  be  fed, 
watered,  rested,  or  for  other  purposes,  shall  be  handled  over  plat- 
forms, chutes,  and  alleys,  and  placed  in  yards  reserved  for  southern 
cattle,  and  such  quarantine  yards  shall  not  be  used  for  other  live 


stock.     Such  yards,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  shall  be  constructed 
and  maintained  in  accordance  with  the  specifications  set  out  below : 

(a)  The  outside  fences  inclosing  such  quarantine  yards,  and  the 
fences  on  either  side  of  the  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  leading 
thereto,  shall  be  tight  board  fences,  not  less  than  6  feet  high  on  the 
inside. 

(b)  If  such  yards,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  are  adjacent  to 
yards,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  for  cattle  other  than  southern, 
there  shall  be  between  them  a  space  not  less  than  10  feet  wide,  which 
shall  be  inaccessible  to  live  stock:  this  space  shall  be  limited  on  one 
side  by  the  6-foot  fence  required  by  specification  (a)  and  on  the 
other  side  by  a  similar  fence.  The  remaining  space  around  such 
yards  shall  be  limited  as  in  specification   (c)   following. 

(c)  If  such  yards,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  are  isolated  from 
other  yards,  alleys,  chutes,  or  platforms,  there  shall  be  built  and 
maintained  outside  thereof,  on  all  sides  to  which  cattle  of  the  vicinity 
might  otherwise  approach,  a  well-constructed,  cattle-proof  fence  not 
less  than  5  feet  high  and  not  less  than  15  feet  from  the  6-foot  fence 
required  b}^  specification  (a). 

(d)  The  only  means  of  egress  from  yards  for  southern  cattle  in 
transit  shall  be  by  way  of  the  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  inclosed 
by  6-foot  fences,  as  required  by  specification  (a),  to  cars  for  refor- 
warding,  and  under  no  circumstances  shall  there  exist  any  connec- 
tion between  such  yards  and  the  yards  for  cattle  other  than  southern 
cattle  or  other  adjacent  premises. 

(e)  The  yards  reserved  for  southern  cattle  shall  be  so  located,  or 
such  drainage  facilities  shall  be  provided  therefor,  that  water  there- 
from will  not  flow  on  to  the  adjacent  property. 

(/)  The  yards  reserved  for  southern  cattle  shall  be  marked  by  a 
conspicuous  sign  bearing  the  words  "  QUAKANTINE  YAKDS  "  or 
"QUAKANTINE  PENS"  in  letters  not  less  than  10  inches  in 
height. 

INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT    OF    CATTLE    FOR   PURPOSES    OTHER    THAN    IMMEDIATE 

SLAUGHTER. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1. — Cattle  of  the  quarantined  area,  or  other 
cattle  exposed  to  or  infested  with  ticks  {Margaropus  annulatus), 
which  have  been  properly  dipped  twice,  with  an  interval  of  from  7 
to  12  days,  in  a  permitted  arsenical  solution  at  a  public  stockyards 
where  proper  facilities  for  dipping  are  maintained  or  at  a  designated 
dipping  station,  or  which  have  been  otherwise  treated  at  such  public 
stockyards  or  designated  dipping  station,  under  the  supervision  of 
a  bureau  inspector  in  a  manner  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture, and  which  have  been  certified  by  the  said  inspector  to  be 
free  from  infection  of  splenetic  fever,  may  be  moved  interstate  for 
any  purpose :  Provided,  That  the  requirements  set  forth  in  para- 
graph 5  of  this  section  are  fully  complied  with. 

Paragraph  2. — Cattle  in  areas  where  tick  eradication  is  being  sys- 
tematically conducted  in  cooperation  with  the  State  authorities,  which 
on  inspection  by  a  bureau  inspector  are  found  to  be  apparently  free 
from  ticks,  may,  after  one  dipping  in  an  approved  arsenical  solution 
under  the  supervision  of  a  bureau  inspector  and  certification  by  the 

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said  inspector,  be  shipped  or  transported  interstate  for  any  purpose : 
Provided,  That  the  conditions  are  such  that  the  cattle  may  be  moved 
to  the  free  area  or  to  a  transportation  line  without  exposure  to  in- 
fection :  And  provided  further,  That  the  requirements  set  forth  in 
paragraph  5  of  this  section  are  fully  complied  with. 

Paragraph  3.  Cattle  in  the  quarantined  area  which  have  been 
properly  dipped  at  least  once  in  a  permitted  arsenical  solution  under 
the  supervision  of  a  bureau  inspector  or  a  duly  authorized  State 
inspector  may  be  shipped  as  "  DIPPED  TICKY  CATTLE  "  to  a 
place  where  proper  dipping  and  stockyard  facilities  are  provided  and 
inspection  maintained  by  the  bureau;  and  if,  on  inspection  at  such 
place,  the  cattle  are  found  to  be  apparently  free  from  ticks  they  may, 
after  one  dipping  under  the  supervision  of  a  bureau  inspector,  in 
from  7  to  12  days  after  the  last  previous  dipping,  and  certification 
by  the  said  inspector,  be  moved  interstate  for  any  purpose :  Provided, 
That  the  cattle  so  shipped  shall  be  accompanied  to  such  dipping  place 
by  a  statement  of  dipping  issued  by  the  inspector  supervising  the 
same  at  the  point  of  origin,  showing  the  consignor,  consignee,  number 
of  cattle,  and  date  of  dipping,  and  shall  be  handled  as  quarantined 
cattle  until  the  final  dipping  is  accomplished :  Provided  further,  That 
the  transportation  companies  shall  securelv  affix  to  and  maintain 
upon  both  sides  of  all  cars  carrying  "  DIPPED  TICKY  CATTLE  " 
durable  placards,  not  less  than  5^  by  8  inches  in  size,  on  which  shall 
be  printed  with  permanent  black  ink  and  in  boldfaced  letters  not  less 
than  \\  inches  in  height  the  words  "  DIPPED  TICKY  CATTLE." 
These  placards  shall  also  show  the  name  of  the  place  from  which 
the  shipment  was  made,  the  date  of  the  shipment  (which  must  cor- 
respond to  the  date  of  the  waybills  and  other  papers),  the  name  of 
the  transportation  company,  and  the  name  of  the  place  of  destination. 
The  carrier  issuing  the  waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda, 
and  bills  of  lading  pertaining  to  such  shipments  shall  plainly  write 
or  stamp  upon  the  face  of  each  such  paper  the  words  "  DIPPED 
TICKY  CATTLE."  If  for  any  reason  the  placards  required  by 
this  regulation  have  not  been  affixed  to  the  car  as  aforesaid  or  the 
placards  have  been  removed,  destroyed,  or  rendered  illegible,  or  the 
cattle  are  rebilled  or  are  transferred  to  other  cars  or  boats,  the 
placards  shall  be  immediately  affixed  or  replaced  by  the  carrier  and 
the  new  waybills  shall  be  marked  as  aforesaid  by  the  carrier  issuing 
them,  the  intention  being  that  the  billing  accompanying  the  ship- 
ment shall  be  marked  and  the  car  placarded  "DIPPED  TICKY 
CATTLE  "  from  the  time  such  shipments  leave  the  initial  shipping 
points  until  they  are  unloaded  at  destination  and  the  cars  or  boats  are 
cleaned  and  disinfected  as  required  by  section  11  of  this  regulation: 
Provided  further,  That  the  requirements  set  forth  under  (a),  (b), 
(c),  and-  (d)  of  paragraph  5  of  this  section  are  fully  complied  with. 

Paragraph  ^.  Cattle  located  in  areas  where  tick  eradication  is  being 
conducted  in  cooperation  with  the  State  authorities,  and  which  are  on 
premises  known  by  bureau  inspectors  to  be  free  from  ticks,  may, 
upon  inspection  and  certification  at  a  suitable  season  by  a  bureau 
inspector,  be  moved  interstate  for  any  purpose  without  dipping :  Pro- 
vided, That  the  conditions  are  such  that  the  cattle  may  be  moved  to 
the  free  area  or  to  a  transportation  line  without  exposure  to  infec- 


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tion,  and  the  requirements  set  forth  under  (a)  and  (b)  of  paragraph 
5  of  this  section  are  fully  complied  with. 

Paragraph  5.  (a)  All  interstate  movements  of  inspected  and  cer- 
tified and  dipped  and  certified  cattle  shall  be  accompanied  to  final 
destination  by  a  certificate  of  a  bureau  inspector  (which  certificate 
shall  show  that  the  cattle  so  being  moved  have  been  dipped  as  re- 
quired by  paragraph  1,  or  by  paragraph  2  hereof,  and  are  free  of 
infection  from  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever,  or  have  been  in- 
spected, as  required  by  paragraph  4  hereof,  and  are  free  of  infection 
from  splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever)  :  all  movements'  of  dipped 
ticky  cattle,  as  described  in  paragraph  3  hereof,  shall  be  accom- 
panied to  the  final  clipping  place  by  the  statement  of  dipping  re- 
quired by  said  paragraph  3  hereof;  all  such  certificates  and  state- 
ments shall  be  handled,  delivered,  kept,  and  preserved  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  2  of  section  10  of  Regulation  1  of 
this  order;  and  all  such  cattle  shall  be  handled  through  noninfectious 
pens,  alleys,  and  chutes,  and  when  shipped  shall  be  loaded  into  clean 
and  disinfected  cars,  and  shall  not  be  unloaded  in  the  quarantined 
area  except  at  such  points  reserved  for  noninfected  cattle  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  authorized  by  the  bureau. 

(b)  All  such  interstate  movements  of  inspected  or  dipped  and  cer- 
tified cattle  are  subject  to  such  restrictions — which  are  not  inconsistent 
with  these  regulations — as  may  be  imposed  at  destination  by  the  offi- 
cials of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

(c)  Cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  shall  be  considered  infested 
and  shall  not  be  placed  in  noninfectious  pens  or  premises  until  after 
the  final  inspection  or  dipping. 

(d)  The  dipping  of  cattle  for  interstate  movement  shall  be  done 
only  in  a  permitted  dip  and  at  places  where  proper  facilities  are  pro- 
vided for  dipping  and  for  handling  the  cattle  in  a  manner  to  prevent 
exposure  to  infection  after  the  final  dipping.  Cattle  which  are  to 
be  dipped  shall,  prior  to  dipping,  be  given  an  opportunity  to  drink 
sufficient  water  to  quench  their  thirst,  be  carefully  handled,  and  not- 
dipped  while  they  are  in  a  heated  or  exhausted  condition.  The  de- 
partment disclaims  responsibility  for  any  loss  or  damage  resulting 
from  the  dipping.  The  dip  at  present  permitted  by  the  department  is 
an  arsenical  solution  which  shall  at  all  times  show  a  minimum  of 
twenty-two  hundredths  per  cent  of  arsenious  oxid  in  solution,  as  in- 
dicated by  the  bureau  field  test  for  the  arsenical  dipping  bath.3  A 
proprietary  brand  of  arsenical  solution  may  be  used  in  official  dipping 
only  after  specific  permission  therefor  has  been  issued  by  the  bureau ; 
and  no  dip  will  hereafter  be  given  department  permission  for  official 
use  in  the  dipping  of  cattle  for  ticks  unless  it  has  been  shown  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  bureau  (1)  that  the  strength  of  the  bath  prepared 
therefrom  may  be  satisfactorily  determined  in  the  field  by  a  practical 
portable  testing  outfit;  (2)  that  under  actual  field  conditions  the 
dipping  of  cattle  in  a  bath  of  definite  strength  will  effectually 
eradicate  ticks  without  injury  to  the  animals  dipped. 

(e)  After  receiving  the  final  dipping  in  the  quarantined  area, 
cattle  shall  be  handled  through  noninfectious  pens,  alleys,  and  chutes 
surrounded  by  a  well-constructed,  cattle-proof  fence,  immediately 

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outside  of  which  there  shall  be  a  space  not  less  than  15  feet  wide 
which  shall  at  all  times  be  inaccessible  to  live  stock.  This  space  shall 
be  limited  on  one  side  by  the  fence  previously  described  and  on  the 
other  by  a  similar  fence:  and  no  rubbish,  litter,  or  vegetation  shall 
be  allowed  to  collect  in  this  15-foot  space,  the  ground  surface  of 
which  shall  be  thoroughly  disinfected  when  deemed  necessary  by  the 
inspector  supervising  the  dipping.  Such  drainage  facilities  shall  be 
provided  as  will  prevent  water  from  flowing  into  the  pens,  alleys, 
or  chutes  from  the  surrounding  ground. 

(/)  When  deemed  advisable  in  cases  of  emergency  cattle  may  be 
handled,  after  the  final  dipping,  through  the  ordinary  stock  pens, 
alleys,  and  chutes:  Provided,  That  the  pens,  alleys,  and  chutes  and 
adjacent  ground  for  several  feet  are  thoroughly  cleaned  of  all  ma- 
nure, litter,  and  other  loose  materials,  and  thoroughly  disinfected 
with  any  one  of  the  disinfectants  prescribed  in  Regulation  1,  section 
6,  or  a  permitted  arsenical  dip  at  double  the  strength  required  for 
dipping  cattle  for  ticks :  And  provided  further.  That  the  cattle  shall 
not  be  held  in  such  disinfected  pens,  alleys,  or  chutes  for  a  period 
longer  than  12  hours  after  dipping  before  being  loaded  into  clean 
and  disinfected  cars  for  shipment  as  noninfected  cattle. 

UNLOADING  NONINFECTED   CATTLE   FOR   REST,   FEED,   AND   WATER. 

Section.  4.  Paragraph  1.  Cattle  not  of  the  quarantined  area,  and 
cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  when  properly  dipped,  inspected,  and 
certified  in  accordance  with  this  regulation,  which  are  transported 
interstate  by  rail  through  the  quarantined  area,  shall  not  be  unloaded 
therein  for  rest,  feed,  and  water  unless  they  are  unloaded  into  prop- 
erly equipped  noninfectious  pens  set  apart  for  such  cattle  at  such 
points  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  authorized  by  the  bureau :  Pro- 
vided, That  southern  cattle,  when  unloaded  in  a  quarantined  area, 
shall  not  be  unloaded  into  noninfectious  pens,  but  may  be  unloaded 
into  other  pens.  Such  noninfectious  pens  and  the  platforms,  chutes, 
and  alleys  leading  thereto  shall  be  constructed  and  maintained  in 
accordance  with  the  specifications  set  out  below : 

(a)  The  outside  fences  inclosing  such  pens,  and  the  fences  on  either 
side  of  the  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  leading  thereto,  shall  be 
tight  board  fences  not  less  than  6  feet  high  on  the  inside. 

(b)  If  such  pens,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  are  adjacent  to 
pens,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  for  southern  cattle  there  shall  be 
between  them  a  space  not  less  than  10  feet  wide,  which  shall  be  inac- 
cessible to  live  stock.  This  space  shall  be  limited  on  one  side  by  the 
6-foot  fence  required  by  specification  (a),  and  on  the  other  side  by 
a  similar  fence. 

(c)  If  such  pens,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  are  either  isolated 
from  or  adjacent  to  other  pens,  alleys,  chutes,  or  platforms,  there 
shall  be  built  and  maintained  outside  thereof  on  all  sides  to  which 
cattle  of  the,  vicinity  might  otherwise  approach  a  cattle-proof  fence 
not  less  than  5  feet  high  and  not  less  than  15  feet  from  the  6-foot 
fence  required  by  specification  (a). 

(d)  The  only  means  of  egress  from  such  pens  shall  be  by  way  of 
the  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  inclosed  by  6-foot  fences,  as  re- 
quired by  specification  («),  to  cars  for  reforwarding:  and  under  no 


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circumstances  shall  there  exist  any  connection  between  such  pens 
and  the  pens  for  southern  cattle  or  other  adjacent  premises. 

(e)  Such  noninfectious  premises  shall  be  so  located,  or  such  drain- 
age facilities  shall  be  provided  therefor,  that  water  from  the  sur- 
rounding area  will  not  flow  on  to  or  through  them. 

(/)  Such  pens  shall  be  marked  by  a  conspicuous  sign  bearing  the 
words  "  NONINFECTIOUS  PENS  "  in  letters  not  less  than  10 
inches  in  height. 

Paragraph  2. — The  hay,  straw,  or  similar  materials  required  for 
feed  and  bedding  in  such  noninfectious  pens  shall  be  shipped  in  non- 
infectious cars  from  points  outside  of  the  quarantined  area  and  so 
handled  that  they  may  not  become  infectious. 

INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT   OF   CATTLE   WITHIN   THE   QUARANTINED    AREA. 

Section  5.  Cattle  shall  not  be  transported,  driven,  or  moved  from 
the  quarantined  area  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  to  the  quarantined  area  of  any  other  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia,  except  in  compliance  with  this  regulation 
and  subject  to  State,  Territorial,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  restric- 
tions which  are  not  inconsistent  therewith. 

MOVEMENT    OF    CATTLE    FROM    QUARANTINED    TO    FREE    AREA    AND    SHIPMENT 

THEREFROM. 

Section  6.  No  person,  firm,  or  corporation  shall  deliver  for  trans- 
portation, transport,  drive  on  foot,  or  otherwise  move  interstate  from 
the  free  area  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
any  cattle  which  have  been  moved  from  the  quarantined  area  of  the 
same  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  such  free 
area  :  Provided,  however.  That  such  cattle  may  be  delivered  for  trans- 
portation, transported,  driven  on  foot,  or  otherwise  moved  inter- 
state for  the  purposes  for  which  the  shipment,  transportation,  or 
other  movement  interstate  of  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  and 
other  southern  cattle  is  permitted  by  these  regulations,  provided  that 
in  such  shipment  and  transportation  or  other  movement  the  require- 
ments of  these  regulations  governing  the  shipment  and  transporta- 
tion or  other  movement  of  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  and  other 
southern  cattle  are  strictly  complied  with:  And  provided  further, 
That  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area 
which,  before  being  moved  into  the  free  area,  are  certified  by  a 
bureau  inspector  as  free  of  the  infection  of  splenetic,  southern,  or 
Texas  fever  and  are  accompanied  by  such  certificate  in  their  ship- 
ment and  transportation  or  other  movement  interstate. 

TICK-INFESTED   CATTLE   FROM  FREE  AREAS. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1.  Cattle  infested  with  the  tick  Margaropus 
annidatus,  or  southern  cattle  tick,  disseminate  the  contagion  of 
splenetic,  southern,  or  Texas  fever;  therefore  any  cattle  which  are 
infested  with  this  tick  shall  be  known  as  "  southern  cattle  n  and  shall 
not  be  shipped,  transported,  trailed,  driven,  hauled  in  private  con- 
veyances, or  accepted  for  transportation  interstate  except  in  com- 
pliance with  the  provisions  of  this  regulation  governing  the  inter- 
state movement  of  cattle  from  the  quarantined  area. 


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Paragraph  2.  Stockyard  companies  receiving  interstate  shipments 
of  cattle  infested  with" the  said  ticks  shall  place  the  said  cattle  in  the 
pens  set  aside  for  the  nse  of  southern  cattle,  and  transportation  com- 
panies outside  of  the  quarantined  area  are  required  to  clean  and  dis- 
infect, in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this  regulation,  all 
ears  and  boats  used  in  interstate  transportation  which  have  contained 
the  infested  cattle. 

Paragraph  3.  If  cattle  not  of  the  quarantined  area  be  driven  over 
platforms,  chutes,  or  alleys  or  placed  in  the  yards  reserved  for  south- 
ern cattle,  or  are  unloaded  in  the  quarantined  area  into  other  than 
"  noninfectious  pens,"  such  cattle  shall  thereafter  be  treated  in  all 
respects  as  southern  cattle;  likewise  if  cattle  of  the  quarantined 
area  or  originating  on  quarantined  or  infected  premises  are  moved 
to  a  point  in  the  free  area  or  from  such  quarantined  or  infected 
premises  without  first  having  been  treated  as  required  by  this  regu- 
lation for  movement  as  noninfected  cattle,  the  stock  pens,  cars,  and 
other  premises,  and  any  cattle  which  may  have  come  in  contact 
therewith,  shall  be  considered  in  all  respects  as  quarantined  premises 
and  cattle  until  treated  in  accordance  with  this  regulation. 

EXHIBITION  OF  NONINFECTED   CATTLE   IN   THE   QUARANTINED  AREA. 

Section  8.  The  exhibition  of  noninfected  cattle  at  fairs  or  ex- 
hibitions in  the  quarantined  area  and  their  reshipment  to  the  free 
area  without  dipping  may,  by  written  order,  be  permitted:  Pro- 
vided, That  the  cattle  shall  be  handled  under  such  conditions  as  may 
be  prescribed  in  each  case  to  preclude  any  danger  of  the  spread  of 
infection. 

SHIPMENT   FROM   QUARANTINED  YARDS. 

Section  9.  No  person,  firm,  or  corporation  shall  deliver,  or  receive 
for  transportation,  transport,  drive  on  foot,  or  otherwise  move  any 
southern  cattle  interstate,  except  in  the  manner  permitted  by  and 
according  to  the  provisions,  conditions,  and  restrictions  of  these  regu- 
lations governing  the  movement  of  such  cattle. 

HORSES,  MULES,  AND  ASSES  INFESTED  WITH   CATTLE   TICKS. 

Section  10.  Horses,  mules,  and  asses  which  are  infested  with  ticks 
(Mar gar  opus  annulatm)  shall  not  be  moved  interstate  unless  they 
are  treated  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  set  forth  in  this 
regulation  governing  the  interstate  movement  of  cattle. 

CLEANING  AND  DISINFECTING  CARS,   BOATS,  AND  PREMISES. 

Section  11.  Paragraph  1.  Cars  or  boats  which  have  carried  south- 
ern cattle  interstate  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  under  bureau 
supervision,  in  accordance  with  Kegulation  1,  sections  4,  5,  and  6, 
by  the  final  carrier  at  destination  as  soon  as  possible  after  unloading 
and  before  the  same  are  moved  or  permitted  to  be  moved  from  such 
final  destination  for  any  purpose,  except  as  otherwise  hereinafter 
provided.  When  the  cattle  are  destined  to  points  at  which  bureau 
inspection  and  proper  facilities  are  maintained  the  cars  shall  be 
cleaned  and  disinfected  at  such  points:  Provided,  however,  That 
if  such  cars  are  to  be  used  within  48  hours  for  reforwarding  southern 


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cattle  to  another  point  to  which  such  cattle  may  be  shipped  in  accord- 
ance with  this  regulation  such  cars  need  not  be  cleaned  and  disin- 
fected until  unloaded  at  such  latter  destination.  When  the  cattle 
are  destined  to  points  at  which  bureau  inspection  is  not  maintained 
the  transportation  company  shall  seal,  bill,  and  forward  the  infec- 
tious cars  to  a  point  at  which  bureau  inspection  is  maintained  and 
agreed  upon  between  the  transportation  company  and  the  bureau, 
and  shall  there  clean  and  disinfect  the  said  cars  under  bureau  super- 
vision. When  the  cattle  are  destined  to  points  at  which  bureau 
inspection  is  maintained,  but  at  which  proper  facilities  can  not  be 
provided,  the  transportation  company  may,  upon  permission  first 
secured  from  the  bureau,  seal,  bill,  and  forward  the  cars  to  a  point 
at  which  bureau  inspection  is  maintained  and  proper  facilities  are 
provided,  and  there  clean  and  disinfect  the  said  cars  under  bureau 
supervision. 

Paragraph  2.  Cars  which  have  carried  southern  cattle  within  the 
quarantined  area  of  any  State  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  in  ac- 
cordance with  Regulation  1,  sections  5  and  6,  before  being  moved  in- 
terstate; but  this  requirement  shall  not  apply  to  cars  used  imme- 
diately thereafter  for  the  transportation  of  southern  cattle  intended 
for  immediate  slaughter. 

Paragraph  3.  The  litter  and  manure  removed  from  cars,  boats,  or 
other  vehicles  and  from  pens,  chutes,  alleys,  or  other  premises  or 
inclosures  which  have  contained  southern  cattle  shall  be  destroyed 
or  disinfected  under  bureau  supervision  by  saturating  it  with  any 
permitted  disinfectant  (see  Regulation  1,  section  6),  or  otherwise 
disposed  of  under  permission  from  the  chief  of  the  bureau. 

REGULATION  3.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD   OF  SCABIES  IN 

CATTLE. 

MOVEMENT  OF  CATTLE  AFFECTED   WITH  SCABIES. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  No  cattle  affected  with  or  exposed  to 
scabies  shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  driven,  or  otherwise  moved  inter- 
state for  any  purpose  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Paragraph  2.  No  cattle  shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  or  moved  inter- 
state from  the  area  quarantined  for  the  disease  of  scabies  in  cattle 
except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SHIPMENTS  FOR  IMMEDIATE   SLAUGHTER. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1.  Cattle  affected  with  scabies,  which  have 
been  dipped  once  in  a  permitted  dip  under  the  supervision  of  a 
bureau  inspector  within  10  days  of  the  date  of  shipment,  and  are 
accompanied  by  a  certificate  issued  by  the  said  inspector,  may  be 
shipped  or  transported  interstate  for  immediate  slaughter  to  a  recog- 
nized slaughtering  center,  provided  that  the  following  conditions 
are  strictly  observed  and  complied  with : 

(a)  They  shall  not  be  diverted  en  route. 

(b)  They  shall  be  slaughtered-  or  again  dipped  wrinin  14  days 
from  the  elate  of  the  first  dipping. 

(c)  The  cars  shall  be  placarded  and  the  billing  shall  be  marked 
"  PIPPED  SCABBY  CATTLE,"  in  accordance  with  section  4  of 
this  regulation. 


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Paragraph  2.  Cattle  of  the  free  area  not  visibly  diseased  with 
scabies,  but  which  may  be  part  of  a  diseased  herd,  may  be  shipped 
or  transported  interstate  for  immediate  slaughter  to  any  recognized 
slaughtering  center  where  separate  pens  are  provided  for  yarding 
exposed  cattle :  Provided,  That  the  following  conditions  are  strictly 
observed  and  complied  with : 

(<z)  The  cars  in  which  the  cattle  are  transported  shall  be  placarded 
and  the  billing  accompanving  the  shipment  shall  be  marked  "  CAT- 
TLE EXPOSED  TO  SCABIES  "  in  accordance  with  section  4  of 
this  regulation. 

(b)  The  cattle  shall  be  placed  in  yards  or  pens  other  than  those  in 
which  cattle  free  from  disease  or  exposure  thereto  are  handled. 

Paragraph  3.  Cattle  of  herds  of  the  quarantined  area,  which  are 
not  diseased  with  scabies,  may  be  shipped,  transported,  or  otherwise 
moved  interstate  for  immediate  slaughter,  upon  inspection  by  a 
bureau  inspector,  and  when  accompanied  by  a  certificate  from  such 
inspector,  showing  the  cattle  to  be  free  from  disease. 

SHIPMENTS  FOR  PURPOSES   OTHER  THAN   SLAUGHTER. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  Cattle  affected  with  scabies  may  be 
shipped  interstate  for  purposes  other  than  slaughter  if  dipped  twice 
in  a  permitted  dip,  10  to  14  days  apart,  under  the  supervision  of  a 
bureau  inspector,  and  so  certified  by  such  inspector,  or  such  cattle 
may  be  so  shipped  if  dipped  once  in  a  permitted  dip  under  bureau 
supervision  at  the  point  of  origin,  provided  arrangements  have  been 
made  for  the  second  dipping,  under  bureau  supervision,  en  route  or 
at  destination  within  10  to  14  days  after  the  first  dipping.  If  shipped 
in  the  latter  manner  the  cars  containing  the  cattle  shall  be  placarded, 
and  the  billing  shall  be  marked  "DIPPED  SCABBY  CATTLE  " 
in  accordance  with  section  4  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  2.  Cattle  of  the  quarantined  or  free  area  not  visibly 
diseased  with  scabies,  but  which  are  known  to  be  part  of  a  diseased 
herd  or  to  have  come  in  contact  with  diseased  cattle  or  infectious 
cars  or  premises,  may  be  shipped  interstate  fcr  purposes  other  than 
slaughter,  if  dipped  once  at  the  point  of  origin,  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  bureau  inspector,  in  a  permitted  dip,  or  the  cattle  may 
be  dipped  en  route  by  special  permission  first  had  and  obtained  from 
the  chief  of  the  bureau ;  but  in  such  event  the  cars  shall  be  placarded 
and  the  billing  shall  be  marked  "CATTLE  EXPOSED  TO 
SCABIES  "  in  accordance  with  section  4  of  this  regulation,  and  the 
cattle  shall  be  placed  in  yards  or  pens  other  than  those  in  which 
cattle  free  from  disease  or  exposure  thereto  are  handled. 

Paragraph  3.  Cattle  of  herds  of  the  quarantined  area,  which  are 
not  diseased  with  scabies,  may  be  shipped  or  transported  interstate 
for  any  purposes  upon  inspection  by  a  bureau  inspector  and  when 
accompanied  by  a  certificate  from  such  inspector  showing  the  cattle 
to  be  free  from  disease  or  exposure  thereto. 

PLACARDING   CARS  AND  MARKING  BILLING. 

Section  4.  When  cattle  are  shipped  as  "  DIPPED  SCABBY 
CATTLE,"  or  "  CATTLE  EXPOSED  TO  SCABIES."  the  trans- 
portation companies  shall  securely  affix  to  and  maintain  upon  both 


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sides  of  each  car  carrying  such  cattle  a  durable,  conspicuous  placard, 
not  less  than  5-J  by  8  inches  in  size,  on  which  shall  be  printed  with 
permanent  black  ink  in  boldfaced  letters,  not  less  than  1%  inches  in 
height,  the  words,  "  DIPPED  SCABBY  CATTLE,"  or  "  CATTLE 
EXPOSED  TO  SCABIES,"  as  the  case  may  be.  These  placards 
shall  also  show  the  name  of  the  place  from  which  the  shipment  was 
made,  the  date  of  the  shipment  (which  must  correspond  to  the  date 
of  the  waybills  and  other  papers),  the  name  of  the  transportation 
company,  and  the  name  of  the  place  of  destination.  The  carrier 
issuing  the  waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills 
of  lading  pertaining  to  such  shipments  shall  plainly  write  or  stamp 
upon  the  face  of  each  such  paper  the  words  "  DIPPED  SCABBY 
CATTLE,"  or  "  CATTLE  EXPOSED  TO  SCABIES,;'  as  the  case 
may  be.  If  for  any  reason  the  placards  required  by  this  regulation 
have  not  been  affixed  to  the  car  as  aforesaid,  or  the  placards  have 
been  removed,  destroyed,  or  rendered  illegible,  or  the  cattle  are  re- 
billed  or  are  transferred  to  other  cars  or  boats,  the  placards  shall 
be  immediately  affixed  or  replaced  by  the  carrier  and  the  new  way- 
bills shall  be  marked  as  aforesaid  by  the  carrier  issuing  them,  the 
intention  being  that  the  billing  accompanying  the  shipment  shall 
be  marked,  and  the  car  containing  the  cattle  shall  be  placarded 
"DIPPED  SCABBY  CATTLE,"  or  "CATTLE  EXPOSED  TO 
SCABIES,"  as  the  case  may  be,  from  the  time  of  shipment  until  the 
cattle  arrive  at  destination  or  point  of  dipping  and  the  disposition 
of  the  cars  is  indicated  by  a  bureau  inspector. 

MOVEMENT    FROM   QUARANTINED   TO    FREE   AREA   AND    SHIPMENT   THEREFROM*. 

Section  5.  Xo  person,  firm,  or  corporation  shall  deliver  for  trans- 
portation, transport,  drive  on  foot,  or  otherwise  move  interstate  from 
the  free  area  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  any 
cattle  which  have  been  moved  from  the  quarantined  area  of  the  same 
State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  such  free  area: 
Provided,  however,  That  such  cattle  may  be  delivered  for  transporta- 
tion, transported,  driven  on  foot,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate  for 
the  purposes  for  which  the  shipment,  transportation,  or  other  move- 
ment interstate  of  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  is  permitted  by 
these  regulations,  provided  that  in  such  shipment  and  transporation 
or  other  movement  the  requirements  of  these  regulations  governing 
the  shipment  and  transporation  or  other  movement  of  cattle  of  the 
quarantined  area  are  strictly  complied  with :  And  provided  further, 
That  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area 
which,  before  being  moved  into  the  free  area,  are  certified  by  a  bureau 
inspector  as  free  from  disease  and  are  accompanied  by  such  certificate 
in  their  shipment  and  transportation  or  other  movement  interstate. 

CATTLE  INFECTED  OR  EXPOSED  DURING  TRANSIT. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1.  Should  healthy  cattle  in  transit  from  a 
State  not  quarantined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  scabies  in 
cattle  be  unloaded  en  route  and  placed  in  infectious  premises,  they 
shall  be  treated  as  exposed  cattle  and  their  further  movement  shall 
be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  regulation. 

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Paragraph  2.  Cattle  shipped  interstate  under  a  certificate  from  a 
bureau  inspector,  or  other  cattle  which  are  found  en  route  to  be 
affected  with  scabies  or  to  have  been  exposed  thereto,  shall  there- 
after be  handled  as  diseased  or  exposed  cattle,  as  provided  by  this 
regulation,  and  the  cars  or  other  vehicles  and  the  chutes,  alleys,  and 
pens  which  have  been  occupied  by  diseased  animals  shall  be  cleaned 
and  disinfected  as  provided  in  Regulation  1,  sections  4,  5,  and  6. 

SHIPMENTS   FROM  PUBLIC  STOCKYARDS. 

Section  7.  No  cattle  shall  be  shipped  or  moved  interstate  from 
any  public  stockyards,  where  an  inspector  of  the  bureau  is  stationed 
for  the  inspection  of  live  stock  for  communicable  diseases,  without 
a  certificate  issued  by  the  said  inspector  showing  that  the  cattle  are 
free  from  contagious  disease  or  have  been  properly  dipped :  Pro- 
vided, That  this  restriction  shall  not  apply  to  shipments  of  cattle 
unloaded  in  transit  for  feed,  water,  and  rest,  and  not  offered  for  sale. 
If  diseased  cattle  are  introduced  into  the  noninfectious  yards  or  por- 
tions thereof  the  chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  used  by  them  shall  be 
thoroughly  cleaned  and  disinfected. 

PERMITTED  DIPS. 

Section  8.  Paragraph  1.  The  dips  at  present  permitted  by  the 
department  for  the  treatment,  under  bureau  supervision,  of  cattle  af- 
fected with  or  exposed  to  scabies  are  as  follows : 
_  Lime-sulphur  dip  made  in  the  proportion  of  12  pounds  of  unslaked 
lime  (or  16  pounds  of  commercial  hydrated  lime,  not  air-slaked 
lime)  and  24  pounds  of  flowers  of  sulphur  or  sulphur  flour  to  100 
gallons  of  water. 

Nicotin  dip,  containing  not  less  than  five  one-hundredths  of  1  per 
cent  of  nicotin. 

The  dipping  bath  should  be  used  at  a  temperature  of  95°  to  105° 
F.«  and  must  at  all  times  be  maintained  at  a  strength  of  not  less  than 
2  per  cent  of  "  sulphid  sulphur  "  in  the  case  of  the  lime-sulphur  dip, 
and  not  less  than  five  one-hundredths  of  1  per  cent  of  nicotin  in  the 
case  of  the  nicotin  dip,  as  indicated  by  the  field  tests  for  such  baths 
approved  by  the  bureau.4 

Paragraph  2.  A  proprietary  brand  of  lime-sulphur  solution  or 
nicotin  solution  may  be  used  in  official  dipping  only  after  specific 
permission  therefor  has  been  issued  by  the  bureau.  No  dip  other 
than  the  lime-sulphur  dip  or  the  nicotin  dip  will  hereafter  be  given 
department  permission  for  use  in  official  dipping  of  cattle  for  scabies 
unless  it  has  been  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  bureau  (1)  that 
the  strength  of  the  bath  prepared  therefrom  may  be  satisfactorily 
determined  in  the  field  by  a  practical  portable  testing  outfit;  (2) 
that  under  actual  field  conditions  -the  clipping  of  cattle  in  a  bath 
of  definite  strength  will  effectually  eradicate  scabies  infection  with- 
out injury  to  the  animals  dipped. 

4  The  field  test  for  lime-sulphur  dipping  baths  is  described  in  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri- 
culture Bulletin  163.  A  field  test  outfit  at  present  approved  by  the  bureau  for  nicotin 
dipping  baths  is  that  designated  for  the  purpose  of  identification  as  "  Field  test  outfit 
N-3." 


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DISINFECTION  OF  CARS,  VEHICLES,  AND  PREMISES. 

Section  9.  Cars  and  other  vehicles,  yards,  pens,  sheds,  chutes,  or 
other  premises  which  have  contained  cattle  of  a  consignment  in  which 
scabies  is  found  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  sections  4,  5,  and  6  of  Regulation  1. 

REGULATION  4.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  SCABIES  IN 

SHEEP.* 

INTERSTATE  MOVEMENT   OF  SHEEP  PROHIBITED. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  No  sheep  affected  with  or  exposed  to 
scabies  shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  driven,  or  otherwise  moved  inter- 
state for  any  purpose  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Paragraph  2.  No  sheep  shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  driven,  or  other- 
wise moved  interstate  from  the  area  quarantined  for  the  disease  of 
scabies  in  sheep  except  as  hereinafter  provided.    • 

Paragraph  3.  All  the  sheep  in  a  certain  flock  or  shipment  in  which 
the  disease  of  scabies  is  present  shall  be  classed  as  diseased  sheep, 
and  none  of  them  shall  be  offered  for  interstate  shipment  until  dipped 
as  hereinafter  provided.  The  practice  of  "  picking  "  a  flock — that  is, 
removing  any  sheep  which  are  visibly  diseased  and  then  offering  any 
portion  of  the  remaining  sheep  for  either  inspection  or  interstate 
shipment,  or  both— is  directly  and  positively  prohibited. 

SHIPMENTS  FOR  IMMEDIATE   SLAUGHTER. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1.  Sheep  affected  with  scabies,  which  have 
h>een  dipped  once  in  a  permitted  dip  under  the  supervision  of  a 
bureau  inspector  within  10  days  of  the  date  of  shipment,  may  be 
shipped  or  transported  interstate  for  immediate  slaughter  to  a  recog- 
nized slaughtering  center,  provided  that  the  following  conditions  are 
strictly  observed  and  complied  with: 

(a)  The  sheep  shall  not  be  diverted  en  route. 

(b)  The  sheep  shall  be  slaughtered  or  again  dipped  within  14 
days  from  the  date  of  the  first  dipping. 

(c)  The  cars  or  boats  containing  the  sheep  shall  be  placarded  and 
the  billing  shall  be  marked  "  DIPPED  SCABBY  SHEEP  "  in  ac- 
cordance with  paragraph  3  of  this  section. 

(d)  Upon  arrival  at  a  public  stockyards  the  sheep  shall  be  placed 
in  a  portion  of  the  stockyards  set  aside  for  the  receipt  of  such  sheep, 
and  not  permitted  to  mingle  with  other  animals  until  such  time  as 
they  are  disposed  of  for  slaughter  or  are  again  dipped  and  certified 
for  further  interstate  movement  for  purposes  other  than  immediate 
slaughter. 

Paragraph  2.  Sheep  that  are  not  diseased  with  scabies,  but  which 
have  been  exposed  to  the  contagion  of  the  disease,  may  be  shipped  or 
transported  interstate  by  rail,  without  dipping,  to  a  recognized 
slaughtering  center  for  immediate  slaughter,  provided  that  the  cars 
are  placarded  and  the  billing  is  marked  "  EXPOSED  SHEEP  FOR 
SLAUGHTER,"  in  accordance  with  paragraph  3  of  this  section. 

5  A  "  rule  to  prevent  the  spread  of  scabies  in  sheep  "  is  in  effect  throughout  the  entire 
year.  This  rule  prescribes  the  quarantined  area  in  the  respective  States,  and  should  be 
considered  in  connection  with  these  regulations.  Copies  of  the  rule  may  be  obtained 
from  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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Paragraph  3.  When  sheep  are  shipped  for  slaughter  in  accordance 
with  either  paragraph  1  or  paragraph  2  of  this  section,  the  trans- 
portation companies  shall  securely  affix  to  and  maintain  upon  both 
sides  of  each  car  carrying  such  sheep  a  durable  and  conspicuous 
placard,  not  less  than  5  J  by  8  inches  in  size,  on  which  shall  be  printed 
with  permanent  black  ink  in  boldfaced  letters,  not  less  than  1J 
inches  in  height,  the  words  "DIPPED  SCABBY  SHEEP"  or 
"  EXPOSED  SHEEP  FOE  SLAUGHTER,"  as  the  case  may  be. 
These  placards  shall  also  show  the  name  of  the  place  from  which 
the  shipment  was  made,  the  date  of  the  shipment  (which  must  cor- 
respond to  the  date  of  the  waybills  and  other  papers),  the  name  of 
the  transportation  company,  and  the  name  of  the  place  of  destina- 
tion. The  carrier  issuing  the  waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  mem- 
oranda, and  bills  of  lading  pertaining  to  such  shipments  shall  plainly 
write  or  stamp  upon  the  face  of  each  such  paper  the  words 
"  DIPPED  SCABBY  SHEEP,"  or  "  EXPOSED  SHEEP  FOR 
SLAUGHTER,"  as  the  case  may  be.  If  for  any  reason  the  placards 
required  by  this  regulation  have  not  been  affixed  to  the  car  as  afore- 
said, or  the  placards  have  been  removed,  destroyed,  or  rendered 
illegible,  or  the  sheep  are  rebilled  or  are  transferred  to  other  cars 
or  boats,  the  placards  shall  be  immediateely  affixed  or  replaced  by  the 
carrier  and  the  new  waybills  shall  be  marked  as  aforesaid  by  the 
carrier  issuing  them,  the  intention  being  that  the  billing  accompany- 
ing the  shipment  shall  be  marked  and  the  car  containing  the  sheep 
shall  be  placarded  "  DIPPED  SCABBY  SHEEP,"  or  "  EXPOSED 
SHEEP  FOR  SLAUGHTER,"  as  the  case  may  be,  from  the  time 
of  shipment  until  the  sheep  arrive  at  destination,  and  the  disposition 
of  the  cars  is  indicated  by  a  bureau  inspector. 

SHIPMENTS  FOR  PURPOSES  OTHER  THAN  SLAUGHTER. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  Sheep  affected  with  scabies  may  be 
shipped  interstate  for  any  purpose  after  they  have  been  dipped 
twice,  10  to  14  days  apart,  in  a  permitted  dip  under  the  supervision 
of  a  bureau  inspector  and  are  so  certified  by  such  inspector. 

Paragraph  2.  Sheep  that  are  not  diseased  with  scabies,  but  which 
have  been  exposed  to  the  contagion  of  the  disease,  may  be  shipped,, 
transported,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate  for  purposes  other  than 
slaughter  after  they  have  been  dipped  once  in  a  permitted  dip  under 
the  supervision  of  a  bureau  inspector  and  are  certified  by  such  in- 
spector to  be  free  from  the  disease. 

Paragraph  3.  Sheep  in  those  States  of  the  quarantined  area  with 
which  the  department  is  cooperating  in  the  eradication  of  scabies, 
and  which  are  not  affected  with  and  have  not  been  exposed  to  such 
disease,  may  be  shipped,  transported,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate 
for  any  purpose  after  they  have  been  inspected  by  a  bureau  inspector 
and  found  to  be  free  from  the  disease  or  exposure  thereto  and  when 
accompanied  by  a  certificate  from  the  said  inspector  to  that  effect. 

Paragraph  4-  Sheep  in  those  States  of  the  quarantined  area  with 
which  the  department  is  not  cooperating  in  the  eradication  of  scabies 
and  which  are  not  affected  with  and  have  not  been  exposed  to  such 
disease  may  be  shipped  interstate  for  any  purpose  if  dipped  once  in 
accordance  with  this  regulation  at  stations  where  dipping  facilities 
are  provided  and  bureau  inspection  is  maintained. 


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MOVEMENT  FROM  QUARANTINED  TO  FREE  AREA  AND  SHIPMENT  THEREFROM. 

Section  4.  No  person,  firm,  or  corporation  shall  deliver  for  trans- 
portation, transport,  drive  on  foot,  or  otherwise  move  interstate  from 
the  free  area  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
any  sheep  which  have  been  moved  from  the  quarantined  area  of  the 
same  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  such  free 
area :  Provided,  however,  That  such  sheep  may  be  delivered  for  trans- 
portation, transported,  driven  on  foot,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate 
for  the  purposes  for  which  the  shipment,  transportation,  or  other 
movement  interstate  of  sheep  of  the  quarantined  area  is  permitted 
by  these  regulations,  provided  that  in  such  shipment  and  transporta- 
tion or  other  movement  the  requirements  of  these  regulations  govern- 
ing the  shipment  and  transportation  or  other  movement  of  sheep  of 
the  quarantined  area  are  strictly  complied  with:  And  provided 
further,  That  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  sheep  of  the  quarantined 
area  which,  before  being  moved  into  the  free  area,  are  certified  by  a 
bureau  inspector  as  free  from  disease  and  are  accompanied  by  such 
certificate  in  their  shipment  and  transportation  or  other  movement 
interstate. 

SHEEP   INFECTED   OR   EXPOSED  IN  TRANSIT. 

Section  5.  Paragraph  1.  If  sheep  free  from  scabies  and  exposure 
thereto  be  unloaded  while  in  the  course  of  interstate  transportation 
on  infectious  premises,  they  shall  thereafter  be  treated  as  exposed 
sheep  and  their  further  movement  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions 
of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  2.  Sheep  shipped  interstate  under  a  certificate  from  a 
bureau  inspector,  or  other  sheep,  which  are  found  en  route  to  be 
affected  with  scabies  or  to  have  been  exposed  thereto  shall  thereafter 
be  handled  as  diseased  or  exposed  sheep,  as  provided  by  this  regu- 
lation, and  the  cars  or  other  vehicles,  and  the  chutes,  alleys,  and 
pens  which  have  been  occupied  by  diseased  sheep  shall  be  cleaned  and 
disinfected,  as  provided  in  Kegulation  1,  sections  4,  5,  and  6. 

SHIPMENTS   FROM  PUBLIC  STOCKYARDS. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1.  Except  as  provided  in  this  section  no 
sheep  shall  be  shipped  or  moved  interstate  from  public  stockyards, 
unless  for  immediate  slaughter,  without  dipping.  Where,  however, 
a  part  or  all  of  the  stockyards  is  reserved  and  set  apart  for  the  re- 
ception of  noninfected  shipments  of  sheep  and  is  kept  free  of  dis- 
ease, sheep  may  be  shipped  interstate  from  the  noninfectious  yards 
or  portions  thereof  without  dipping.  If  diseased  sheep  are  intro- 
duced into  the  noninfected  yards  or  portions  thereof,  the  chutes,  al- 
leys, and  pens  occupied  by  the  said  sheep  shall  be  thoroughly  cleaned 
and  disinfected. 

Paragraph  2.  No  sheep  shall  be  shipped  or  moved  interstate  from 
an}T  public  stockyards  where  a  bureau  inspector  is  stationed  for  the 
inspection  of  live  stock  for  communicable  diseases  without  a  certifi- 
cate issued  by  such  inspector  showing  that  the  sheep  are  free  from 
contagious  disease  or  have  been  properly  dipped :  Provided,  That 
this  restriction  shall  not  apply  to  shipments  of  sheep  unloaded  in 
transit  for  feed,  water,  and  rest,  and  not  offered  for  sale. 


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PERMITTED  DIPS. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1.  The  dips  at  present  permitted  by  the  de- 
partment for  the  treatment,  under  bureau  supervision,  of  sheep 
affected  with  or  exposed  to  scabies  are  as  follows : 

Lime-sulphur  dip  made  in  the  proportion  of  8  pounds  of  unslaked 
lime  (or  11  pounds  of  commercial  hydrated  lime,  not  air-slaked 
lime)  and  2-1  pounds  of  flowers  of  sulphur  or  sulphur  flour  to  100 
gallons  of  water. 

Nicotin  dip  containing  not  less  than  five  one-hundredths  of  1  per 
cent  of  nicotin. 

The  dipping  bath  should  be  used  at  a  temperature  of  95°  to  105° 
F.,  and  must  at  all  times  be  maintained  at  a  strength  of  not  less  than 
1^  per  cent  of  "  sulphid  sulphur  "  in  the  case  of  the  lime-sulphur 
dip,  and  not  less  than  five  one-hundredths  of  1  per  cent  of  nicotin  in 
the  case  of  the  nicotin  dip  as  indicated  by  the  field  tests  for  such 
baths  approved  6  by  the  bureau. 

Paragraph  2.  A  proprietary  brand  of  lime-sulphur  solution  or 
nicotin  solution  may  be  used  in  official  dipping  only  after  specific 
permission  therefor  has  been  issued  by  the  bureau.  Xo  dip  other 
than  the  lime-sulphur  dip  or  the  nicotin  dip  will  hereafter  be  given 
department  permission  for  use  in  official  dipping  of  sheep  for  scabies 
unless  it  has  been  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  bureau  (1)  that 
the  strength  of  the  bath  prepared  therefrom  may  be  satisfactorily 
determined  in  the  field  by  a  practical  portable  testing  outfit;  (2)  that 
under  actual  field  conditions  the  dipping  of  sheep  in  a  bath  of  defi- 
nite strength  will  effectually  eradicate  scabies  infection  without 
injury  to  the  animals  dipped. 

DISINFECTION    OF    CARS,    VEHICLES,   AND    PREMISES. 

Section  8.  Cars  and  other  vehicles,  yards,  pens,  sheds,  and  chutes 
which  have  contained  diseased  sheep  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  ^Regulation  1,  sections  4,  5, 
and  6. 

REGULATION  5.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  DOURINE  IN 
HORSES  AND  ASSES. 

MOVEMENT   OF  ANIMALS  FROM  QUARANTINED   AREAS  PROHIBITED. 

Section  1.  Xo  horses  or  asses  shall  be  offered  for  interstate  ship- 
ment, shipped,  transported,  driven,  or  trailed,  or  otherwise  moved 
interstate  from  an  area  oxiiarantined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
for  dourine  without  bureau  inspection  and  certification  of  freedom 
from  the  disease  for  the  purpose  of  the  particular  movement  Own- 
ers and  custodians  of  horses  or  asses  for  whom  inspection  is  made 
shall  provide  such  reasonable  facilities  and  render  such  assistance  as 
may  be  required  by  the  inspector. 

6  The  field  test  for  lime-sulphur  dipping  baths  is  described  in  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture  Bulletin  163.  A  field  test  outfit  at  present  approved  by  the  bureau  for 
nicotin  dinning  baths  is  that  designated  for  the  purpose  of  identification  as  "Field  test 
outfit  N-o.** 


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BREEDING  ANIMALS  IN   QUARANTINED  AREAS. 

Section  2.  If  stallions  or  jacks  shall  be  allowed  to  run  at  large 
in  an  area  quarantined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  dourine, 
or  if  there  shall  be  any  breeding  of  horses  or  asses  in  a  herd  in  the 
quarantined  area,  in  which  there  is  a  horse  or  an  ass  which  has  been 
exposed  to  the  infection  of  dourine.  within  18  months  after  the  said 
exposure,  the  interstate  movement  of  any  horses  or  asses  from  the 
said  area  is  absolutely  prohibited  unless  and  until  such  horses  and 
asses  have  been  certified  by  a  bureau  inspector  as  having  passed  the 
complement -fixation  test  for  'such  disease. 

APPRAISAL   OF  AND    COMPENSATION   FOR   ANIMALS. 

Section  3.  TYnen  it  is  necessary,  in  order  to  prevent  the  spread  of 
dourine  and  to  aid  in  its  extermination,  and  an  appropriation  is 
available  therefor,  the  department  will  cooperate  with  the  various 
States  in  the  purchase  of  diseased  animals  in  the  following  manner : 

(a)  The  fact  of  infection  with  this  disease  shall  be  determined  by 
the  complement-fixation  test  applied  in  the  laboratory  of  the  bureau. 

(h)  The  animal  shall  be  appraised  at  its  actual  value  by  a  bureau 
inspector  and  the  State  veterinarian  or  an  assistant  State  veterin- 
arian of  the  State  in  which  the  animal  is  located,  or.  when  provided 
by  State  law,  assessed  value  as  shown  by  the  assessor's  books  will  be 
accepted  in  lieu  of  appraisal. 

(c)  The  department  will  pay  one-half  of  the  appraised  or  assessed 
value,  provided  such  share  shall  in  no  case  exceed  $100,  and  the 
owner  signs  an  agreement  to  accept  such  sum  as  compensation  in  full 
for  the  discharge  of  all  claims  he  may  have  against  the  department 
on  account  of  the  destruction  of  the  animal  in  question. 

REGULATION  6.— TO   PREVENT   THE   SPREAD   OF   HOG   CHOLERA 

AND  SWINE  PLAGUE. 

classes  of  swine  prohibited  interstate  movement. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  Iso  swine  which  are  diseased  with  hog 
cholera  or  swine  plague  shall  be  shipped,  transported,  trailed,  driven, 
or  otherwise  moved  interstate  for  any  purpose. 

Paragraph  2.  No  swine  shall  be  shipped,  driven,  or  transported 
interstate  from  public  stockyards  for  feeding,  breeding,  or  stocking 
purposes  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

MOVEMENTS  FROM  PUBLIC  STOCKYARDS. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1.  Xo  swine  shall  be  shipped,  driven  on 
foot,  or  transported  interstate  from  public  stockyards  for  imme- 
diate slaughter,  except  in  compliance  with  the  following  conditions : 

(a)  The  swine  shall  be  shipped  to  a  recognized  slaughtering 
center. 

(b)  The  swine  shall  not  be  diverted  en  route  for  any  other 
purpose. 

Paragraph  2.  Swine  may  be  shipped,  transported,  or  otherwise 
moved  interstate  from  public  stockyards  for  purposes  other  than 
slaughter  to  States  the  laws,  rules,  or  regulations  of  which  provide 


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for  the  segregation  or  quarantine  of  imported  hogs  for  a  period  of 
not  less  than  three  weeks,  provided  that  the  following  requirements 
are  strictly  observed  and  complied  with: 

(a)  The  State  requirements  at  destination  shall  be  observed. 

(b)  The  swine  shall  be  inspected  by  a  bureau  inspector. 

(c)  If  the  hogs  upon  examination  are  found  to  be  affected  with 
cholera  they  may  be  treated  by  a  competent  veterinarian  under 
bureau  supervision  in  a  portion  of  the  yards  set  aside  for  that  pur- 
pose in  accordance  with  one  or  the  other  of  the  methods  set  forth  in 
(e)  following;  and  at  the  expiration  of  not  less  than  30  days,  if 
found,  upon  examination,  to  be  free  from  disease,  they  may  be  re- 
leased for  any  purpose,  after  disinfection  in  accordance  with  (/)  of 
this  paragraph. 

(d)  If  the  hogs  are  found  free  from  symptoms  of  cholera  and 
other  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  diseases,  and  in  a 
thrifty  condition,  they  shall  be  treated  by  a  competent  veterinarian 
under  bureau  supervision  in  a  portion  of  the  yards  set  aside  for  that 
purpose,  in  accordance  with  one  or  the  other  of  the  methods  set  forth 
m(e)  following,  provided  that  the  temperature  of  each  animal  is 
taken  before  treatment,  and  that  only  those  which  exhibit  a  tempera- 
ture of  less  than  104°  F.  shall  be  permitted  to  be  shipped  or  moved 
interstate. 

(e)  /Serum-alone  method. — The  swine  may  be  given  the  serum- 
alone  injection  with  hog-cholera  serum  prepared  under  license  from 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.  The  dose  of  serum  administered  shall 
be  in  conformity  with  the  amounts  specified  under  paragraph  (g). 

Simultaneous-inoculation  method. — The  swine  may  be  given  the 
simultaneous  inoculation  with  anti-hog-cholera  serum  and  hog-cholera 
virus  prepared  under  license  from  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.  The 
doses  of  serum  and  virus  administered  shall  be  in  conformity  with 
the  amount  specified  in  paragraph  (g). 

(/)  After  receiving  either  of  the  treatments  prescribed  in  para- 
graph (e),  the  hogs  shall  be  disinfected  in  a  2  per  cent  solution  of 
a  permitted  saponified  cresol  solution  and  be  held  in  noninfectious 
pens  for  at  least  three  hours  before  being  loaded  for  interstate  trans- 
portation. 

(g)  The  doses  of  serum  and  of  virus  used  for  the  treatment  of 
swine  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (e)  shall  in  no  instance 
be  less  than  recommended  in  the  following  table : 

Doses  of  ordinary  defibrinated  blood  scrum.1 


Weight  of  swine  (pounds). 

Dose  of 
serum  (cubic 
centimeters). 

20  to  40 

30 

30  to  40 
40  to  50 
50  to  60 
60  to  70 
70  to  80 
80  to  100 

40  to  60   . 

60  to  90 

90  to  120 

120  to  150 

150  to  180 

180  and  over 

1  If  clear  serum  is  used  the  volume  of  which  has  been  reduced  20  per  cent  or  more  below  that  of  ordinary 
defibrinated  blood  serum,  the  dose  of  serum  may  be  20  per  cent  less  than  here  shown. 


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Doses  of  virus. 


Weight  of  swine  (pounds). 

Dose  of 
virus  (cubic 
centimeters). 

20  to  40 

•1 

Over  40 

(h)  The  shipment  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  issued  by 
a  bureau  inspector. 

(i)  The  swine  shall  be  transported  in  clean  and  disinfected  cars 
or  other  vehicles. 

DISINFECTION   OF   CARS  AND  VEHICLES. 

Section  3.  Cars  and  other  vehicles  which  have  contained  inter- 
state shipments  of  diseased  swine  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  as 
soon  as  possible  after  the  swine  are  unloaded.  Cars  that  have  con- 
tained interstate  shipments  of  swine  destined  to  places  where  bureau 
inspection  is  maintained  shall  not  be  moved  from  such  places  until  a 
bureau  inspector  has  ascertained  the  condition  of  the  live  animals 
and  the  cars  have  been  released  or  they  have  been  cleaned  and  disin- 
fected, as  directed  by  the  inspector,  in  accordance  with  Regulation 
1,  sections  4,  5,  and  6. 

SWINE  FOR  PURPOSES  OTHER  THAN  SLAUGHTER  TRANSPORTED  IN  CLEAN  CARS 

OR  OTHER  VEHICLES. 

Section  4.  No  swine  shall  be  transported  interstate  for  purposes 
other  than  slaughter  in  cars  or  other  vehicles  which  have  been  used  in 
the  transportation  of  live  stock  since  they  were  last  cleaned  and  dis- 
infected, unless  the  cars  or  other  vehicles  in  which  they  are  loaded 
are  first  cleaned  and  disinfected  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Regu- 
lation 1,  sections  5  and  6. 

REGULATION  7.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD   OF  TUBERCULOSIS 

IN  CATTLE. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  No  cattle  shall  be  shipped,  driven  on 
foot,  transported,  or  received  for  transportation  interstate  unless  and 
until  such  cattle  have  been  subjected  to  a  physical  examination  and 
tuberculin  test,  applied  as  directed  in  paragraph  2  of  this  section  and 
a  tuberculin-test  chart  and  health  certificate,  showing  them  to  be 
apparently  free  from  tuberculosis  and  any  other  contagious,  infec- 
tious, or  communicable  disease  of  animals  has  been  issued  and  the 
requirements  of  paragraph  2  of  section  10  of  Regulation  1  of  this 
order  are  fully  complied  with:  Provided,  however,  That  cattle  which 
have  at  any  time  reacted  to  the  tuberculin  test  shall  not  thereafter  be 
shipped,  driven  on  foot,  transported,  or  received  for  transportation 
interstate,  notwithstanding  such  cattle  may  have  been  subjected 
again  to  the  tuberculin  test  and  on  such  subsequent  test  have  been 
found  apparently  free  from  tuberculosis,  except  in  cases  where  the 


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reacting  cattle  are  permitted  to  be  moved  interstate  subject  to  the 
conditions  and  requirements  prescribed  in  section  3,  4,  or  6  of  this 
regulation. 

Paragraph  2.  The  physical  examination,  tuberculin  test,  health 
certificate,  and  tuberculin-test  chart,  required  by  paragraph  1  of  this 
section  shall  be  made,  applied,  and  issued,  within  a  reasonable  time 
prior  to  the  shipping,  driving  on  foot,  transporting,  or  receiving 
for  transportation,  either  by  a  veterinarian  of  the  State  of  origin, 
who  shall  have  been  authorized  by  such  State  and  approved  by  the 
bureau  to  apply  the  test,  make  the  examination,  and  issue  the  certifi- 
cate and  test  chart,  or  by  a  veterinary  inspector  of  the  bureau  at  a 
public  stockyard  or  other  regular  bureau  station:  Provided,  That 
when  the  cattle  are  destined  to  a  State  which  recognizes  the  intra- 
dermic  tuberculin  test  and  such  test  is  applied,  the  test  chart  shall 
show  that  the  last  observation  was  made  not  earlier  than  the  seventy- 
second  hour  after  injection  and  no  reaction  obtained  on  the  cattle 
shipped  thereunder,  or  when  the  subcutaneous  tuberculin  test  is 
applied  the  chart  shall  show  that  at  least  three  temperatures  were 
taken  two  or  three  hours  apart  before  injection  of  tuberculin;  that 
at  least  six  temperatures  were  taken  two  hours  apart  after  injection, 
beginning  not  later  than  eight  hours  after  the  injection  of  the 
tuberculin;  and  that  the  test  had  run  for  a  period  of  not  less  than 
eighteen  hours  after  injection;  and  no  reaction  obtained  on  the  cattle 
shipped  thereunder:7  Provided  further,  That  if  50  per  cent  of  any 
lot  of  cattle  tuberculin  tested  react,  the  remainder  of  the  lot  shall 
not  be  shipped  interstate  without  a  proper  retest,  except  for  imme- 
diate slaughter :  And  provided  further,  That  all  cattle  not  identified 
by  registration  name  and  number  shall  be  identified  by  a  proper 
metal  ear  tag. 

Section  2.  Cattle  of  the  following  classes  may  be  shipped,  driven  on 
foot,  transported,  and  received  for  transportation  interstate  without 
the  provisions  of  section  1  of  this  regulation  being  complied  with, 
provided  the  following  conditions  and  requirements  are  strictly  com- 
plied with,  to  wit : 

Paragraph  1.  Accredited  herds. — Cattle  from  a  herd  accredited  b}' 
the  bureau,  in  cooperation  with  the  various  States,  as  free  from 
tuberculosis  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  issued  by  an  au- 
thorized State  or  Federal  inspector  showing  the  cattle  to  be  from 
such  a  herd. 

Paragraph  2.  Steers  and  range  cattle. — Steers  and  strictly  range 
cattle  may  be  shipped,  transported,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate 
to  a  State  or  Territory  the  laws,  rules,  or  regulations  of  which  do 
not  require  these  classes  of  cattle  to  be  tuberculin  tested. 

Paragraph  3.  Slaughter  cattle. — Cattle  for  immediate  slaughter 
shall  be  shipped,  transported,  or  otherwise  moved  to  a  place  where 

7  When  the  cattle  are  tested  by  a  veterinarian  other  than  a  bureau  inspector  the 
original  and  one  copy  of  tbe  tuberculin-test  chart  and  health  certificate  shall  be  sent  to 
tbe  live-stock  sanitary  officer  of  the  State  from  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped  or 
moved  and  upon  approval  by  him  the  original  copy  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  bureau ; 
one  copy  of  the  test  chart  and  health  certificate  shall  be  sent  to  the  proper  live-stock 
sanitary  official  of  the  State  of  destination  in  ample  time  to  reach  him  before  the  arrival 
of  the  cattle  at  destination,  and  one  copy  of  the  test  chart  and  health  certificate  shall 
accompany  the  cattle  to  destination.  (Each  State  will  be  expected  to  provide  the  ap- 
proved veterinarians  with  blank  forms  of  tuberculin-test  charts  and  health  certificates 
along  the  lines  of  those  used  by  the  bureau,  but  present  forms  may  be  used  until 
exhausted.) 


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bureau  or  State  meat-inspection  service  is  maintained  or  to  a  place 
designated  by  the  proper  State  live-stock  sanitary  official  of  the  State 
of  destination. 

Paragraph  If.  Shipments  to  public  stockyards. — Cattle  free  from  any 
infectious,  contagious,  and  communicable  disease  may  be  shipped, 
transported,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate  to  a  public  stockyard 
without  restriction. 

Paragraph  5.  Feeding  and  grazing  cattle. — Female  cattle,  for  feed- 
ing or  grazing  purposes,  and  bulls  for  feeding  purposes,  may  be 
shipped,  transported,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate  from  public 
stockyards  upon  permission  being  first  obtained  from  the  bureau  in- 
spector at  said  stockyards.  Such  cattle  shall  be  shipped,  transported, 
or  otherwise  moved  only  to  a  State  the  laws  or  regulations  of  which 
provide  for  the  quarantine  of  such  cattle  through  the  feeding  or 
grazing  period  and  for  their  release  only  on  written  permit  by  the 
proper  State  regulatory  authorities. 

Paragraph  6.  Emigrant  shipments. — Cattle  belonging  to  an  emigrant 
outfit,  containing  not  more  than  10  cattle,  to  which  it  is  impracticable 
to  apply  the  tuberculin  test  at  origin  or  at  a  public  stockyards,  shall 
be  accompanied  by  a  permit  first  obtained  from  the  bureau  inspector 
in  charge  of  tuberculosis-eradication  work  in  the  State  of  destina- 
tion, or  the  proper  State  official  thereof,  authorizing  such  test  to  be 
applied  en  route  or  at  destination. 

Paragraph  7.  Cattle  not  under  quarantine  by  the  State  may  be 
shipped  interstate  subject  to  State  restrictions  at  destination,  without 
the  tuberculin  test  required  in  section  1  of  this  regulation,  from 
areas  officially  declared  by  the  chief  of  the  bureau  as  "  modified  ac- 
credited areas,"  i.  e.,  areas  in  which  the  percentage  of  cattle  infected 
with  tuberculosis  does  not  exceed  one-half  of  one  per  cent  (0.5%), 
when  such  cattle  are  properly  identified  by  ear  tags  or  registration 
names  and  numbers  and  are  accompanied  by  a  certificate  issued  by 
an  authorized  State  or  Federal  inspector,  or  veterinarian  approved 
by  the  State,  showing  the  cattle  to  have  originated  in  such  modified 
area. 

Section  3.  Shipments  of  tuberculous  cattle  for  slaughter. — Cattle 
which  have  reacted  to  the  tuberculin  test  shall  not  be  shipped,  trans- 
ported, received  for  transportation,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate  for 
immediate  slaughter,  unless  the  following  conditions  and  restrictions 
are  strictly  observed  and  complied  with : 

Paragraph  1.  The  cattle  shall  be  shipped,  transported,  or  moved  to 
an  establishment  or  a  public  stockyards  where  Federal  inspection  is 
maintained  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  March  4,  1907  (34 
Stat.  1260),  and  shall  there  be  slaughtered  under  such  inspection. 

Paragraph  2.  The  cattle  shall  be  marked  for  identification  by 
branding  the  letter  "  T  "  on  the  left  jaw,  not  less  than  2  nor  more 
than  3  inches  high,  and  attaching  to  the  left  ear  a  metal  tag  bearing 
a  serial  number  and  the  inscription  "  U.  S.  B.  A.  I.  Eeacted,"  or  a 
similar  State  reactor  tag. 

Paragraph  3.  The  cattle  shall  be  accompanied  to  destination  by  a 
certificate  issued  by  a  bureau  inspector  or  a  regularly  employed  State 
inspector  engaged  in  cooperative  tuberculosis-eradication  work,  show- 
ing (1)  that  the  cattle  have  reacted  to  the  tuberculin  test,  (2)  that 
they  may  be  shipped  interstate,  and  (3)  the  purpose  for  which  they 
are  shipped. 


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Paragraph  £  The  car  or  the  compartment  of  the  boat  in  which 
tuberculous  cattle  have  been  transported  interstate  shall  be  cleaned 
and  disinfected  under  bureau  supervision  by  the  final  carrier  at  des- 
tination in  accordance  with  Regulation  1,  sections  4,  5,  and  6. 

Paragraph  5.  The  cattle  shall  not  be  shipped  or  transported  in  cars 
or  in  compartments  of  boats  containing  healthy  cattle  or  hogs  unless 
all  the  animals  are  for  immediate  slaughter  or  unless  the  tuberculous 
cattle  are  separated  from  the  other  animals  by  a  wood  partition 
which  shall  be  securely  affixed  to  the  walls  of  the  car  or  boat. 

Section  4.  Reshipments  of  purebred  tuberculous  cattle. — Purebred 
cattle  which  have  been  shipped  interstate  for  breeding  or  feeding 
purposes,  and  which  have  reacted  to  the  tuberculin  test  subsequent 
to  such  shipment,  shall  not  be  reshipped  interstate  for  purposes 
other  than  slaughter,  unless  the  following  conditions  and  restrictions 
are  strictly  observed  and  complied  with : 

Paragraph  1.  The  cattle  shall  be  consigned  to  the  original  owner 
and  to  the  same  point  of  origin. 

Paragraph  2.  The  cattle  shall  not  be  shipped  or  transported  in 
cars  or  in  compartments  of  boats  containing  healthy  cattle  or  hogs. 

Paragraph  3.  The  cattle  shall  be  accompanied  to  destination  by  a 
certificate  issued  by  a  bureau  inspector  or  a  regularly  employed  State 
inspector  engaged  in  cooperative  tuberculosis-eradication  work  show- 
ing (1)  that  the  cattle  have  reacted  to  the  tuberculin  test,  (2)  that 
they  may  be  shipped  interstate,  and  (3)  the  purpose  for  which  they 
are  shipped. 

Paragraph  4-  The  original  and  retest  tuberculin-test  charts,  show- 
ing that  both  tests  were  properly  conducted,  shall  be  submitted  for 
examination  to  the  bureau  or  State  inspector  who  issues  the  certifi- 
cate. 

Paragraph  5.  The  cattle  shall  be  marked  for  identification  by 
branding  the  letter  "  T  "  not  less  than  2  nor  more  than  3  inches  high, 
on  the  left  jaw,  and  attaching  to  the  left  ear  a  metal  tag  bearing  a 
serial  number  and  the  inscription  "  U.  S.  B.  A.  I.  Reacted,"  or  a 
similar  State  reactor  tag. 

Paragraph  6.  The  cattle  shall  not  be  shipped  to  any  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  which  does  not  provide  for  the 
segregation  or  quarantine  of  tuberculous  cattle  until  their  death  by 
slaughter  or  from  natural  causes. 

Paragraph  7.  The  cattle  shall  not  again  be  shipped  interstate 
except  for  immediate  slaughter  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  section  3  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  8.  The  car  or  the  compartment  of  the  boat  in  which 
tuberculous  cattle  have  been  transported  interstate  shall  be  cleaned 
and  disinfected  under  bureau  supervision  by  the  final  carrier  at  des- 
tination in  accordance  with  Regulation  1,  sections  4,  5,  and  6. 

Section  5.  All  cars  from  which  tuberculous  cattle,  after  having 
been  transported  in  interstate  commerce,  are  transferred  en  route 
shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  by  the  carrier  having  possession  of 
the  car  from  which  the  animals  were  transferred,  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  Regulation  1,  sections  4,  5,  and  6. 

Section  6.  Shipments  from  quarantined  areas. — Cattle  may  be  shipped, 
transported,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate  from  an  area  quarantined 
for  tuberculosis  in  cattle  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 


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regulation,  but  purebred  cattle  which  have  reacted  to  the  tuberculin 
test,  except  those  cattle  specified  in  section  4  of  this  regulation,  may 
be  shipped,  transported,  or  otherwise  moved  interstate  from  the 
quarantined  area,  provided  permission  is  first  obtained  from  the  Sec- 
retary of  Agriculture  and  the  proper  State  authorities  at  destination, 
and  the  cattle  are  intended  for  inclusion  in  a  herd  at  destination 
maintained  under  Federal  and  State  supervision  in  accordance  with 
the  system  known  as  the  Bang  System :  And  provided  further.  That 
the  conditions  specified  in  paragraphs  2,  3,  5,  6,  and  9  of  section  4  of 
this  regulation  are  complied  with. 


ACTS  OF  CONGRESS. 

AX  ACT  For  the  establishment  of  a  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  to  prevent  the  exporta- 
tion of  diseased  cattle,  and  to  provide  means  for  the  suppression  and  extirpation  of 
pleuropneumonia  and  other  contagious  diseases  among  domestic  animals.  (23  Stat., 
31.) 

Be  it  enacted  bjj  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture 
shall  organize  in  his  department  a  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  and  shall  ap- 
point a  chief  thereof,  who  shall  be  a  competent  veterinary  surgeon,  and  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  investigate  and  report  upon  the  condition  of  domestic  animals 
of  the  United  States,  their  protection  and  use,  and  also  inquire  into  and  report 
the  causes  of  contagious,  infectious,  and  communicable  diseases  among  them, 
and  the  means  for  the  prevention  and  cure  of  the  same,  and  to  collect  such 
information  on  these  subjects  as  shall  be  valuable  to  the  agricultural  and  com- 
mercial interests  of  the  country ;  and  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  is  hereby 
authorized  to  employ  a  force  sufficient  for  this  purpose,  not  to  exceed  twenty 
persons  at  any  one  time.  The  salary  of  the  chief  of  said  bureau  shall  be  three 
thousand  dollars  per  annum ;  and  the  commissioner  shall  appoint  a  clerk  for 
said  bureau,  with  a  salary  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  is  authorized  to  appoint  two 
competent  agents,  who  shall  be  practical  stock  raisers  or  experienced  business 
men  familiar  with  questions  pertaining  to  commercial  transactions  in  live  stock, 
and  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  under  the  instructions  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agri- 
culture, to  examine  and  report  upon  the  best  methods  of  treating,  transporting, 
and  caring  for  animals,  and  the  means  to  be  adopted  for  the  suppression  and 
extirpation  of  contagious  pleuropneumonia,  and  to  provide  against  the  spread 
of  other  dangerous,  contagious,  infectious,  and  communicable  diseases.  The 
compensation  of  said  agents  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  ten  dollars  per  diem,  with 
all  necessary  expenses  while  engaged  in  the  actual  performance  of  their  duties 
under  this  act,  when  absent  from  their  usual  place  of  business  or  residence  as 
such  agent. 

Sec  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  to  pre- 
pare such  rules  and  regulations  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  speedy  and 
effectual  suppression  and  extirpation  of  said  diseases,  and  to  certify  such  rules 
and  regulations  to  the  executive  authority  of  each  State  and  Territory,  and 
invite  said  authorities  to  cooperate  in  the  execution  and  enforcement  of  this 
act.  Whenever  the  plans  and  methods  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture 
shall  be  accepted  by  any  State  or  Territory  in  which  pleuropneumonia  or 
other  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease  is  declared  to  exist,  or 
such  State  or  Territory  shall  have  adopted  plans  and  methods  for  the  sup- 
pression and  extirpation  of  said  diseases,  and  such  plans  and  methods  shall  be 
accepted  by  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  and  whenever  the  governor  of  a 
State  or  other  properly  constituted  authorities  signify  their  readiness  to  co- 
operate for  the  extinction  of  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease 
in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture 
is  hereby  authorized  to  expend  so  much  of  the  money  appropriated  by  this  act 
as  may  be  necessary  in  such  investigations  and  in  such  disinfection  and  quaran- 
tine measures  as  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  disease  from 
one  State  or  Territory  into  another. 

Sec.  4.  That  in  order  to  promote  the  exportation  of  live  stock  from  the  United 
States  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  shall  make  special  investigation  as  to 
the  existence  of  pleuropneumonia,  or  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communi- 
cable disease,  along  the  dividing  lines  between  the  United  States  and  for- 
eign countries,  and  along  the  lines  of  transportation  from  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  to  ports  from  which  live  stock  are  exported,  and  make  report 
of  the  results  of  such  investigation  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  who 
shall  from  time  to  time  establish  such  regulations  concerning  the  exportation 

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and  transportation  of  live  stock  as  the  results  of  said  investigations  may 
require. 

Sec.  5.  That  to  prevent  the  exportation  from  any  port  of  the  United  States 
to  any  port  in  a  foreign  country  of  live  stock  affected  with  any  contagious,  in- 
fectious, or  communicable  disease,  and  especially  pleuropneumonia,  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  take  such  steps  and 
adopt  such  measures,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  as  he 
may  deem  necessary. 

Sec  6.  That  no  railroad  company  within  the  United  States,  or  the  owners  or 
masters  of  any  steam  or  sailing  or  other  vessel  or  boat,  shall  receive  for  trans- 
portation or  transport,  from  one  State  or  Territory  to  another,  or  from  any 
State  into  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  District  into  any  State,  any 
live  stock  affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease,  and 
especially  the  disease  known  as  pleuropneumonia ;  nor  shall  any  person,  com- 
pany, or  corporation  deliver  for  such  transportation  to  any  railroad  company,  or 
master  or  owner  of  any  boat  or  vessel,  any  live  stock,  knowing  them  to  be 
affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease;  nor  shall 
any  person,  company,  or  corporation  drive  on  foot  or  transport  in  private  con- 
veyance from  one  State  or  Territory  to  another,  or  from  any  State  into  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  or  from  the  District  into  any  State,  any  live  stock,  knowing 
them  to  be  affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease, 
and  especially  the  disease  known  as  pleuropneumonia :  Provided,  That  the  so- 
called  splenetic,  or  Texas,  fever  shall  not  be  considered  a  contagious,  infectious, 
or  communicable  disease  within  the  meaning  of  sections  four,  five,  six,  and 
seven  of  this  act,  as  to  cattle  being  transported  by  rail  to  market  for  slaughter, 
when  the  same  are  unloaded  only  to  be  fed  and  watered  in  lots  on  the  way 
thereto. 

Sec  7.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  to  notify, 
in  writing,  the  proper  officials  or  agents  of  any  railroad,  steamboat,  or  other 
transportation  company  doing  business  in  or  through  any  infected  locality,  and 
by  publication  in  such  newspapers  as  he  may  select,  of  the  existence  of  said 
contagion ;  and  any  person  or  persons  operating  any  such  railroad,  or  master  or 
owner  of  any  boat  or  vessel,  or  owner  or  custodian  of  or  person  having  control 
over  such  cattle  or  other  live  stock  within  such  infected  district,  who  shall 
knowingly  violate  the  provisions  of  section  six  of  this  act,  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and.  upon  conviction,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  five  thousand  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  for 
not  more  than  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec  8.  That  whenever  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease 
affecting  domestic  animals,  and  especially  the  disease  known  as  pleuropneumo- 
nia, shall  be  brought  into  or  shall  break  out  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commissioners  of  said  District  to  take  measures  to 
suppress  the  same  promptly  and  to  prevent  the  same  from  spreading;  and  for 
this  purpose  the  said  Commissioners  are  hereby  empowered  to  order  and  require 
that  any  premises,  farm,  or  farms,  where  such  disease  exists,  or  has  existed, 
be  put  in  quarantine;  to  order  all  or  any  animals  coming  into  the  District  to 
be  detained  at  any  place  or  places  for  the  purpose  of  inspection  and  examina- 
tion ;  to  prescribe- regulations  for  and  require  the  destruction  of  animals  affected 
with  contagious,  infectious,  and  communicable  disease,  and  for  the  proper  dis- 
position of  their  hides  and  carcasses;  to  prescribe  regulations  for  disinfection, 
and  such  other  regulations  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  prevent  infection  or 
contagion  being  communicated,  and  shall  report  to  the  Commissioner  of  Agri- 
culture whatever  they  may  do  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Sec  9.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  United  States  district  attorneys 
to  prosecute  all  violations  of  this  act  which  shall  be  brought  to  their  notice  or 
knowledge  by  any  person  making  the  complaint  under  oath ;  and  the  same  shall 
be  heard  before 'any  district  or  circuit  court  of  the  United  States  or  Terri- 
torial court  holden  within  the  district  in  which  the  violation  of  this  act  has 
been  committed.  # 

[Extract  from  act  approved  May  31,  1920   (41  Stats.,  694,  699).] 

And  provided  further,  That  the  act  approved  May  29,  1884  (Twenty-third 
Statutes  at  Large,  page  31),  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  to  permit 
hereafter  cattle  which  have  reacted  to  the  tuberculin  test  to  be  shipped,  trans- 
ported, or  moved  from  one  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  to  any 


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other  State.  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  for  immediate  slaughter, 
in  accordance  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture:  And  ]>rori<lc<l  further,  That  hereafter  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  may,  in  his  discretion,  and  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
he  may  prescribe,  permit  cattle  which  have  been  shipped  for  breeding  or  feed- 
ing purposes  from  one  State.  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  to  another 
State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  which  have  reacted  to  the 
tuberculin  test  subsequent  to  such  shipment,  to  be  reshipped  in  interstate 
commerce  to  the  original  owner. 


AN  ACT  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  more  effectually  suppress  and  prevent 
the  spread  of  contagious  and  infectious  diseases  of  live  stock,  and  for  other  purposes. 
(32  Stat.,  791.) 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  in  order  to  enable  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  to  effectually  suppress  and  extirpate  contagious  pleuropneu- 
monia, foot-and-mouth  disease,  and  other  dangerous,  contagious,  infectious,  and 
communicable  diseases  in  cattle  and  other  live  stock,  and  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  such  diseases,  the  powers  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
by  sections  four  and  five  of  an  act  entitled  "An  act  for  the  establishment  of  a 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  to  prevent  the  exportation  of  diseased  cattle,  and  to 
provide  means  for  the  suppression  and  extirpation  of  pleuropneumonia  and 
other  contagious  diseases  among  domestic  animals."  approved  May  twenty-ninth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-four  (twenty-third  United  States  Statutes,"  thirty- 
one),  are  hereby  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  to  be  exercised 
exclusively  by  him.  He  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  from  time  to  time, 
to  establish  such  rules  and  regulations  concerning  the  exportation  and  trans- 
portation of  live  stock  from  any  place  within  the  United  States  where  he  may 
have  reason  to  believe  such  diseases  may  exist  into  and  through  any  State  or 
Territory,  including  the  Indian  Territory,  and  into  and  through  the  District  of 
Columbia  and  to  foreign  countries,  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  all  such  rules 
and  regulations  shall  have  the  force  of  law.  Whenever  any  inspector  or  as- 
sistant inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  shall  issue  a  certificate  show- 
ing that  such  officer  had  inspected  any  cattle  or  other  live  stock  which  were 
about  to  be  shipped,  driven,  or  transported  from  such  locality  to  another,  as 
above  stated,  and  had  found  them  free  from  Texas,  or  splenetic,  fever  infec- 
tion, pleuropneumonia,  foot-and-mouth  disease,  or  any  other  infectious,  con- 
tagious, or  communicable  disease,  such  animals  so  inspected  and  certified  may 
be  shipped,  driven,  or  transported  from  such  place  into  and  through  any  State 
or  Territory,  including  the  Indian  Territory,  and  into  and  through  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  they  may  be  exported  from  the  United  States  without  further 
inspection  or  the  exaction  of  fees  of  any  kind,  except  such  as  may  at  any  time 
be  ordered  or  exacted  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture;  and  all  such  animals 
shall  at  all  times  be  under  the  control  and  supervision  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  of  the  Agricultural  Department  for  the  purposes  of  such  inspection. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  have  authority  to  make  such 
regulations  and  take  such  measures  as  he  may  deem  proper  to  prevent  the 
introduction  or  dissemination  of  the  contagion  of  any  contagious,  infectious,  or 
communicable  disease  of  animals  from  a  foreign  country  into  the  United  States 
or  from  one  State  or  Territory  of  the  United  States  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
to  another,  and  to  seize,  quarantine,  and  dispose  of  any  hay,  straw,  forage,  or 
similar  material,  or  any  meats,  hides,  or  other  animal  products  coming  from  an 
infected  foreign  country  to  the  United  States,  or  from  one  State  or  Territory  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  in  transit  to  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  whenever  in  his  judgment  such  action  is  advisable  in  order  to 
guard  against  the  introduction  or  spread  of  such  contagion. 

Sec.  3.  That  any  person,  company,  or  corporation  knowingly  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  act  or  the  orders  or  regulations  made  in  pursuance  thereof 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a 
tine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprison- 
ment. 

Approved,  February  2.  1903. 


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AN  ACT  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  establish  and  maintain  quarantine 
districts,  to  permit  and  regulate  the  movement  of  cattle  and  other  live  stock  therefrom, 
and  for  other  purposes.      (33  Stat.,  1264.) 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  is 
authorized  and  directed  to  quarantine  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  any  portion  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, when  he  shall  determine  the  fact  that  cattle  or  other  live  stock  in  such 
State  or  Territory  or  District  of  Columbia  are  affected  with  any  contagious, 
infectious,  or  communicable  disease;  and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  is 
directed  to  give  written  or  printed  notice  of  the  establishment  of  quarantine  to 
the  proper  officers  of  railroad,  steamboat,  or  other  transportation  companies 
doing  business  in  or  through  any  quarantined  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  to  publish  in  such  newspapers  in  the  quarantined  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  as  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may 
select,  notice  of  the  establishment  of  quarantine. 

Sec.  2.  That  no  railroad  company  or  the  owners  or  masters  of  any  steam  or 
sailing  or  other  vessel  or  boat  shall  receive  for  transportation  or  transport 
from  any  quarantined  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from 
the  quarantined  portion  of  any  State  of  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
into  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  any  cattle  or 
other  live  stock,  except  as  hereinafter  provided ;  nor  shall  any  person,  company, 
or  corporation  deliver  for  such  transportation  to  any  railroad  company,  or  to 
the  master  or  owner  of  any  boat  or  vessel  any  cattle  or  other  live  stock,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided ;  nor  shall  any  person,  company,  or  corporation  drive 
on  foot,  or  cause  to  be  driven  on  foot,  or  transport  in  private  conveyance  or 
cause  to  be  transported  in  private  conveyance,  from  a  quarantined  State 
or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  quarantined  portion  of 
any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into  any  other  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  any  cattle  or  other  live  stock,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed,  when  the  public  safety  will  permit,  to  make 
and  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  which  shall  permit  and  govern  the  in- 
spection, disinfection,  certification,  treatment,  handling,  and  method  and  man- 
ner of  delivery  and  shipment  of  cattle  or  other  live  stock  from  a  quarantined 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  from  the  quarantined  portion 
of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Cofcimbia,  into  any  other  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia ;  and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall 
give  notice  of  such  rules  and  regulations  in  the  manner  provided  in  section  two 
of  this  act  for  notice  of  establishment  of  quarantine. 

Sec.  4.  That  cattle  or  other  live  stock  may  be  moved  from  a  quarantined 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  quarantined  por- 
tion of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into  any  other  State 
or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  under  and  in  compliance  with  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  made  and  promulgated 
in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  section  three  of  this  act ;  but  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful to  move,  or  to  allow  to  be  moved,  any  cattle  or  other  live  stock  from 
any  quarantined  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the 
quarantined  portion  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into 
any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  in  manner  or  method 
or  under  conditions  other  than  those  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

Sec  5.  That  every  person  who  forcibly  assaults,  resists,  opposes,  prevents, 
impedes,  or  interferes  with  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture  in  the  execution  of 
his  duties,  or  on  account  of  the  execution  of  his  duties,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned 
not  less  than  one  month  nor  more  than  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment ;  and  every  person  who  discharges  any  deadly  weapon  at  any  officer 
or  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  of  the  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture,  or  uses  any  dangerous  or  deadly  weapon  in  resisting  him  in  the 
execution  of  his  duties,  with  intent  to  commit  a  bodily  injury  upon  him  or  to 
deter  or  prevent  him  from  discharging  his  duties,  or  on  account  of  the  perform- 
ance of  his  duties,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  imprisoned  at  hard  labor  for  a 
term  not  more  than  five  years  or  fined  not  to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars. 


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Sec.  6.  That  any  person,  company,  or  corporation  violating  the  provisions  of 
sections  two  or  four  of  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  con- 
viction shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  more  than  one  year, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Approved,  March  3,  1905. 

[Extract  from  act  approved  Mar.  4,  1913   (37  Stat,  831).] 

That  hereafter  all  the  provisions  of  the  said  act  approved  March  third,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  five,  shall  apply  to  any  railroad  company  or  other  common 
carrier,  whose  road  or  line  forms  any  part  of  a  route  over  which  cattle  or 
other  livestock  are  transported  in  the  course  of  shipment  from  any  quaran- 
tined State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  quarantined 
portion  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into  any  other 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia ;     *     *     *. 

AN  ACT  To  prevent  cruelty  to  animals  while  in  transit  by  railroad  or  other  means  of 
transportation  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  or  through 
another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  repealing  sections  forty- 
three  hundred  and  eighty-six,  forty-three  hundred  and  eighty-seven,  forty-three  hundred 
and  eighty-eight,  forty-three  hundred  and  eighty-nine,  and  forty-three  hundred  and 
ninety  of  the  United  States  Revised  Statutes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  no  railroad,  express  company, 
car  company,  common  carrier  other  than  by  water,  or  the  receiver,  trustee,  or 
lessee  of  any  of  them,  whose  road  forms  any  part  of  a  line  of  road  over  which 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  other  animals  shall  be  conveyed  from  one  State  or  Ter- 
ritory or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  or  through  another  State  or  Territory  or 
the  District  of  Columbia,  or  the  owners  or  masters  of  steam,  sailing,  or  other 
vessels  carrying  or  transporting  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  other  animals  from  one 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  or  through  another  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  shall  confine  the  same  in  cars,  boats,  or 
vessels  of  any  description  for  a  period  longer  than  twenty-eight  consecutive 
hours  without  unloading  the  same,  in  a  humane  manner,  into  properly  equipped 
pens  for  rest,  water,  and  feeding,  for  a  period  of  at  least  five  consecutive  hours, 
unless  prevented  by  storm  or  by  other  accidental  or  unavoidable  causes  which 
can  not  be  anticipated  or  avoided  by  the  exercise  of  due  diligence  and  fore- 
sight :  Provided,  That  upon  the  written  request  of  the  owner  or  person  in  cus- 
tody of  that  particular  shipment,  which  written  request  shall  be  separate  and 
apart  from  any  printed  bill  of  lading,  or  other  railroad  form,  the  time  of  con- 
finement may  be  extended  to  thirty-six  hours.  In  estimating  such  confinement, 
the  time  consumed  in  loading  and  unloading  shall  not  be  considered,  but  the 
time  during  which  the  animals  have  been  confined  without  such  rest  or  food  or 
water  on  connecting  roads  shall  be  included,  it  being  the  intent  of  this  act  to 
prohibit  their  continuous  confinement  beyond  the  period  of  twenty-eight  hours, 
except  upon  the  contingencies  hereinbefore  stated :  Provided,  That  it  shall  not 
be  required  that  sheep  be  unloaded  in  the  nighttime,  but  where  the  time  expires 
in  the  nighttime  in  case  of  sheep  the  same  may  continue  in  transit  to  a  suitable 
place  for  unloading,  subject  to  the  aforesaid  limitation  of  thirty-six  hours. 

Sec.  2.  That  animals  so  unloaded  shall  be  properly  fed  and  watered  during 
such  rest  either  by  the  owner  or  person  having  the  custody  thereof,  or  in  case 
of  his  default  in  so  doing  then  by  the  railroad,  express  company,  car  company, 
common  carrier  other  than  by  water,  or  the  receiver,  trustee,  or  lessee  of  any 
of  them,  or  by  the  owners  or  masters  of  boats  or  vessels  transporting  the  same, 
at  the  reasonable  expense  of  the  owner  or  person  in  custody  thereof,  and  such 
railroad,  express  company,  car  company,  common  carrier  other  than  by  water, 
receiver,  trustee,  or  lessee  or  any  of  them,  owners  or  masters,  shall  in  such  case 
have  a  lien  upon  such  animals  for  food,  care,  and  custody  furnished,  collectible 
at  their  destination  in  the  same  manner  as  the  transportation  charges  are  col- 
lected, and  shall  not  be  liable  for  any  detention  of  such  animals,  when  such 
detention  is  of  reasonable  duration,  to  enable  compliance  with  section  one  of 
this  act ;  but  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  owner  or 
shipper  of  animals  from  furnishing  food  therefor  if  he  so  desires. 

Sec  3.  That  any  railroad,  express  company,  car  company,  common  carrier 
other  than  by  water,  or  the  receiver,  trustee,  or  lessee  of  any  of  them,  or  the 
master  or  owner  of  any  steam,  sailing,  or  other  vessel  who  knowingly  and  will- 
fully fails  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  two  preceding  sections  shall  for 


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every  such  failure  be  liable  for  and  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
one  hundred  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars :  Provided,  That  when  animals 
are  carried  in  cars,  boats,  or  other  vessels  in  which  they  can  and  do  have 
proper  food,  water,  space,  and  opportunity  to  rest  the  provisions  in  regard  to 
their  being  unloaded  shall  not  apply. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  penalty  created  by  the  preceding  section  shall  be  recovered 
by  civil  action  in  the  name  of  the  United  States  in  the  circuit  or  district  court 
holden  within  the  district  where  the  violation  may  have  been  committed  or  the 
person  or  corporation  resides  or  carries  on  business ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  United  States  attorneys  to  prosecute  all  violations  of  this  act  reported  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  or  which  come  to  their  notice  or  knowledge  by  other 
means. 

Sec  5.  That  sections  forty-three  hundred  and  eighty-six,  forty-three  hundred 
and  eighty-seven,  forty-three  hundred  and  eighty-eight,  forty-three  hundred  and 
eighty-nine,  and  forty-three  hundred  and  ninety  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
United  States  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

Approved,  June  29,  1906. 


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